For their first Christmas my mom bought my nieces an advent calendar that is refillable. So every year she buys stuff to put behind the little doors.
Last year she found one for Ian, he didn’t fully understand the concept of it, but this year has been great, although he still doesn’t completely understand.
Each day he opens a door, they are numbered but I let him open whatever door he wants. I just tell him when all the doors are empty it will be Christmas.
This year my sister bought him a Lego advent calendar, so he actually gets to open two.
Every morning he asks to open a door, and then asks about twenty times more each day.
We got our tree last weekend and decorated it this week.
Ian got into all the decorations while I was feeding the baby, I guess he was excited!
How is your Christmas tree decorated, or will be decorated?
Is there a theme or designated color? My sister does her living room tree in red and white like a candy cane.
Store bought ornaments, Hallmark, handmade, or glass bulbs?
On my tree consists of mostly Hallmark ornaments. It was what I grew up with, my mom would buy a new one every year. Each ornament had a story behind it and when we decorated the tree she knew every one of them.
It got to the point where she couldn’t fit them all on her tree anymore so she handed down a portion to us kids. She gave us ones that were bought in honor of us, or ones that were our favorites.
I loved this one of a bear on a tricycle, the pedals and front wheel moved. I would put it on the bottom of the tree and play with it. Now it is on my tree and my son gets to play with it.
We have continued to purchase ornaments in honor of our family members, I will buy them for my mom or my sister when I see one they need.
But the best thing is that now I can buy them for my sons. This year my mom got Ian a Darth Vader ornament that has a motion sensor and guards the gifts. It says things like “You will peek again, it is your destiny” or “I find you lack of patience disturbing” Ian loves it!
Baby Sid got his first ornament this year. It is a Winnie the Pooh one that says “Baby’s first Christmas”. We have Ian’s and my first ornaments up on the tree too.
I love the fact that the Hallmark Keepsake ornaments are dated, so we always know when we got them. Ian helped to put a few on the tree but then he found his favorites.
The two seal ornaments never made it on the tree. In fact he has them in bed (he has a small obsession with seals lately). Baby Sid didn’t help decorate the tree, but he is pleased at how it turned out. I think his favorite thing is the lights.
For me the best way to decorate the tree with ornaments that come with memories. I can’t wait to pass them on to my children.
Crabby boys, sleepy mama and working on two different projects meant this post didn’t get finished yesterday.
Tis the season for baking!! I could really go for some Christmas cookies right now. Wink, wink.
It is apparent the holiday season is upon us if you have been to Pinterst lately. There are all sorts of wonderful Christmas cookie/dessert recipes and decorating ideas.
I found one last night that I just HAD to share! Peppermint Oreo Krispy Treats, that’s right Oreo cookies in marshmallow goodness. Can you say super yummy! I haven’t made them yet, but I plan to this weekend to take to our friends house when we get our Christmas tree.
I don’t repin recipes to Pinterest, I just save them in my Plan to Eat recipe book. That way when I want to cook them it is easy to add to my meal plan and shopping list.
Since I haven’t made them yet I don’t have a picture to show you and I didn’t want to steal the authors, so here is my mixer which will get plenty of use this holiday season.
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