Advent Day 8 ✔️ snowman craft

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Laundry, wrapping Christmas presents and one of my favorite Christmas Movies

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Advent Day 8 ✔️DIY gingerbread houses made out of cardboard, felt, pom poms and pipe cleaners 🎄

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Today I got to meet the most mellow baby EVER! Welcome to the world Audrinna!

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Advent Day 6 ✔️ make snowflake crafts

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Advent Day 5 ✔️ learned about Saint Nicholas and made a craft

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I spy a heart on the wall

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Advent Day 3 ✔️decorate the tree 🎄

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An eegee's car freshener?! Sweet!! Thanks @rachelmbranscombe

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My babysitter and I sometimes talk in hashtags when I'm bored

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Advent Day 2 ✔️ Candy Canes for dessert

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Looking forward to homemade vanilla extract...in 3 months

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Advent Day 1: ✔️ get Christmas tree

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RIP Paul Walker

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So happy it's christmastime 🎄

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Advent Activities 2013

For the past few years we've done advent activities the first 25 days of December. It takes A LOT of planning to accomplish but in the end it's so worth it!

This year I finally sat down, with a few days to spare, and wrote out our advent ideas for this year. I'm really looking forward to spending time with Conor and the kids as we work through these activities.

Here's what we've got:
Sunday, 1st: Get Christmas Tree
Monday, 2nd: Candy Canes for dessert
Tuesday, 3rd: Decorate the tree
Wednesday, 4th:  Elf Yourself
Thursday, 5th: Make a snowman craft
Friday, 6th: Saint Nicholas Story & Crafts
Saturday, 7th: Gingerbread Houses
Sunday, 8th: Make snowflakes
Monday, 9th: Watch a christmas movie with the Branscombes
Tuesday, 10th: Family Game Night
Wednesday, 11th: Christmas BINGO
Thursday, 12th: Read Christmas stories
Friday, 13th: Christmas Pizza's
Saturday, 14th: This Wonderful Play @ 1:00 pm
Sunday, 15th: Giacomini Christmas Party
Monday, 16th: Watch a christmas movie
Tuesday, 17th: Make ornaments
Wednesday, 18th: Christmas Coloring Activities
Thursday, 19th: Make teacher gifts
Friday, 20th: Drive to look at Christmas Lights
Saturday, 21st: Hot Chocolate with homemade stirrers
Sunday, 22nd: Make Christmas cookies
Monday, 23rd: Live Nativity at First Covenant Church
Tuesday, 24th: Christmas Eve Service @ 6:30 PM, Open 1 Christmas Present (Christmas PJ's)
Wednesday, 25th: CHRISTMAS!

I'm pretty happy with this years list! I can't wait for all the photos.

My thanksgiving day masterpiece, Apple Bundt with Brown-Butter Vanilla Bean Glaze.

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Thankful for this life I have and so happy to be able to help others with it. My arm is under this massive blanket having my blood drawn out, platelets removed, and blood + iron pumped back in.

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At 9:52 am this little boy officially turned 4!

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I got to end my day snuggling with these two! ❤️

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