We've had so much fun decorating the tree...
eating a special "picnic" in the living room one night to watch Caillou's Holiday Movie...
finding the Elf on the Shelf hiding somewhere new each day (Nadia named him Cookie.)...
making salt dough ornaments...
baking Christmas cookies...
complete with sprinkles... and so much more! We've been doing lots of special advent activities, but I've done a terrible job of capturing them on film. We went to Lights in the South, hauled the camera along only to realize the battery was completely dead. Then we got the perfect Santa picture taken, with a happy, smiling Nadia and peacefully sleeping Lydia, only for me to lose it later in the night somewhere along the way. We've had family movie night with hot apple cider, gone on a neighborhood walk in the dark to see the decorations and had fun shopping and wrapping "suprises" together. Nadia has made Christmas cards and was insistent that she have presents to give "my friends" at school. We've spent lots of time playing "I spy" with the Christmas tree, arranging the Little People Nativity and making up dialog for all the characters and reading Christmas books together. We made hand print ornaments and a foam gingerbread house (a better option this year than battling Nadia's wishes to just eat all the decorations!), and went to Christmas programs at church. Nadia declared, "I like Christmas!"
We've had so much fun decorating the tree...
eating a special "picnic" in the living room one night to watch Caillou's Holiday Movie...
finding the Elf on the Shelf hiding somewhere new each day (Nadia named him Cookie.)...
making salt dough ornaments...
baking Christmas cookies...
complete with sprinkles... and so much more! We've been doing lots of special advent activities, but I've done a terrible job of capturing them on film. We went to Lights in the South, hauled the camera along only to realize the battery was completely dead. Then we got the perfect Santa picture taken, with a happy, smiling Nadia and peacefully sleeping Lydia, only for me to lose it later in the night somewhere along the way. We've had family movie night with hot apple cider, gone on a neighborhood walk in the dark to see the decorations and had fun shopping and wrapping "suprises" together. Nadia has made Christmas cards and was insistent that she have presents to give "my friends" at school. We've spent lots of time playing "I spy" with the Christmas tree, arranging the Little People Nativity and making up dialog for all the characters and reading Christmas books together. We made hand print ornaments and a foam gingerbread house (a better option this year than battling Nadia's wishes to just eat all the decorations!), and went to Christmas programs at church. Nadia declared, "I like Christmas!" 
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