This was such a warm and cozy evening with our good friends! We ordered take out, made jingle bell bracelets, sang Christmas carols (it’s super helpful if your friend is a whiz on the piano!), had cocoa for the kids and bubbly for the parents, and consumed far too many holiday m&m’s— it was the...
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! We love decking the halls— and the kids’ rooms— and referencing Christmas song titles, apparently! Ha! To kick off this favorite advent activity we surprised Isla and Cole with a few new ornaments for their little trees and some new decorations for their rooms. They were so...
“Dear Santa,Merry Christnas!!!! I wud like a rele good white Elsa dres, a white car that I can akshoouly drive, a violin, white ice skates, and a gron up wooden esal.xoxo,Isla” Now that she is doing all her own writing, Isla didn’t spend quite as much time on niceties as in years past (ha!), but...
To encourage giving spirits in our kids, we start talking to them pretty early on about how they can share what they have with others. This advent activity provides us an opportunity to work WITH Isla and Cole to look for toys, games, and clothes they no longer use, that are in good shape, and...
What better way to kick off Christmas than with a surprise visit from Santa?! Since Santa had visited us on the cousin gingerbread house making day the past two years in a row, the kids were starting to suspect his arrival, but that didn’t diminish the magic of the morning or their excitement! We are...
