Here is Ian playing with his loot the day after Christmas.
I have been MIA from blogging because it has just been, and still is, too busy.
I have some more Christmas traditions to write about and how much fun we had with Ian this year. Plus I will be putting up our Christmas card. I will also have a new menu plan on Monday, not much eating at home this week.
Happy Holidays!
Another blogger nominated me for an award so I will tell you about that too! Lots to write about!
Late night present wrapping is a common tradition in my house hold. This night will be no exception.
It is also done at the last-minute as in a day or two before Christmas!
It is also a tradition to have the presents hidden, to which you keep adding to, and then when it comes time to wrap them you find out you purchased more than you thought.
Happy Wrapping
Christmas art work. Okay, so it is not a tradition yet. This is our first year, but I plan to make it a tradition.
Ian isn’t as much into painting, coloring or drawing as some kids I know. He is too busy to sit down for that long. So when he does I like to make sure I capture it on film.
While at the craft store one day he found this wooden snowflake and ceramic snowman he wanted. My mom bought them for him and she let him paint them at her house.
Ian really likes to mix all his colors together in the painters tray before using them. Such lovely artwork.
Happy Painting
Every year my mom hosts Gingerbread House Day. This day to decorate gingerbread houses has morphed into a friendly family competition with the building and decorating more than a dozen houses.
The competitive portion came about through my cousins. My aunt has a set of shelves that she would place the houses on each level with her favorite on the top shelf. The honor of “Top Shelf” is now coveted by all (even though she doesn’t take home all the houses).
This was Baby Sid’s first time, although he didn’t participate. Ian really got into the decorating this year.
Ian would have help with applying the frosting but the candy placement was all him. He was there when I put the houses together a couple of days before the event. He helped put together some houses so we were able to talk about decorating them, which helped to build the suspense.
It will be nice to see how his decorating skill progress over the years.
How many gingerbread houses do you build each year?
Happy Building & Decorating
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