Selfie
He can't stop moving
When Frozen meets the nativity
The snowgies are from Frozen Fever. I loved finding this.
Claire's third drawing of the library, with David's tips
Todd took this picture
We like to watch the Nutcracker from youtube. I think it's a Russian performance of it.
The first two presents to be wrapped and put under the tree. The kids loved helping me wrap them.
Todd went to town plastering his gift in stickers that said "to" and "from"
I replaced the lights on our wooden Christmas Tree and it looks much better with LED lights and none missing or broken.
This wreath is fun to look at and serves as a place to hang some ornaments since we don't invest in a big tree.
This is our baby girl's new stocking. I bought a gender neutral one on sale last year and bought a girly ornament to hang with it. Now it reminds me of the land of sweets and the sugar plum fairy in the nutcracker!
Mom sent me a kit to make an advent calendar. If it wasn't a kit I would have never made it! 25 is a lot to do of anything, even if it's simple! I was glad when the church announced it's initiative so I didn't have to think about what to assign each day!
I was going to put candy in each envelope, but it would have made it way too heavy, so we just move a stocking from one day to the next.
Excuse the mess, but the items on the top make me smile.
As a kid I remember my mom putting cloves in oranges. They smell lovely and it was a calming activity for the kids to do.
We had a solid week where Skyler was gone on a training in CA and we all had colds. Despite this unfortunate situation we managed. I had a visiting teacher that brought by dinner one night, and the holidays kept us busy. You bet we watched Frozen and read plenty of Christmas books from the library. In these pictures they're painting pine cones and decorating them to look like Christmas trees.
I forgot to get a group shot, and just managed to get some candid shots afterwards, but this is from my first piano recital as a teacher! I kept it simple at my house and loved it. I have six students that played Christmas songs. It made me so happy to give them the opportunity to share their talents and to enjoy the season through music.
Claire went to the dentist for the first time! She was super awesome doing everything and was giddy about the bag of goodies they gave her, including a princess toothbrush. Unfortunately we have to go back to get some cavities filled, but at least we're doing something about it!
Todd is now sleeping out of his crib and is pretty good about staying in bed, probably even better than Claire. We also started potty training and he is an allstar!
Claire made a tree out of playdough
No mess Christmas cookies, yes!
This bike reminded me of my childhood. We had one that we used all of the time in Yakima.
Our cardboard kitchen has held up for almost a year now! And it never ceases to impress people.
Elsa made me Christmas cookies!
