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Wednesday, December 17, 2014

More Christmas Shennaigans


My little mermaid loves the tree!

Elsa loves the tree too! Can you tell we play a lot of dress up in our house? ;)


I have been fun making Sally Christmas themed food :)



She is so funny! She knows which gift belongs to who and is very excited about the ones wrapped in Little Mermaid paper. Oh...character wrapping paper...the things we think we will never do.



Sally loved putting the star on the top of the tree.


{Figgy}
Our Elf, Figgy, has been so silly the last several days. Check out what she has been doing...needless to say, Joe and I have been having a lot of fun setting her up each night before we go to bed. 












{Alpine Village}
Thursday night we met up with the cousins for Alpine Village. Trinity Baptist Church puts this on every year and reservations fill up fast! I was so excited for Sally to attend this awesome event this year. I knew she didn't remember our visit last year. She had a blast!


They have the gym set up like a village with little houses. In each house you do a craft, get candy, decorate a cookie, make reindeer food, etc. The girls thought they were so big going into each house with their bags of goodies. 


We waited in line to see Santa. Sally loved this Frozen theme tree.


At last it was her turn on the big guys lap. She did great!


They also had an area with fake plastic snow flakes and the kids had so much fun!! Sally was even making snow angels...cray girl!





{Zoo Lights}
We hit up Zoo Lights on Saturday night and it was so fun. The weather wasn't too cold and we got there early so we beat the crowds.

Mommy and Sally in the light tunnel


Daddy and Sally


Carol Hannah and Sally


Sally met Santa again and told him (AGAIN!) that she wants an Anna doll and a sucker that claps (something she saw at Hobby Lobby).


We made crafts, looked at the lights, rode the Polar Express train and the merry go round, saw real reindeer...a night of making memories!




{Gingerbread Houses}
On Sunday morning, we had the cousins over to make gingerbread houses. We picked up kits at Tarder Joes. 
I honestly cannot remember the last time I made a gingerbread house. It was so fun! 
This has become a new tradition for the girls. Gingerbread House Day!
I think they turned out so dang cute!





{Five Senses Christmas Book}
Sally and I made a book last week. She loved the idea of making a "book" and of course wanted to read it a million times. I would say that is a success! Here is the printable.


Sequins glued on the tree


a bell stapled on


a brown felt circle glued on the bear

We painted the stripes on a red candy cane and then used a paint brush to add peppermint extract.


I let Sally paint the gingerbread man brown and then we sprinkled on cinnamon.

{Mistletoes}
I painted polka dots on a small canvas and then painted Sally's little feet and stamped them. I love making little keepsakes like this.


{Grinch Day}
I have always loved the Grinch and have so many fun activities to go along with it. I decided to keep it low key this year. I made Sally a special Grinch snack and we watched the cartoon version in bed. 



{Work Party}
Joe's company had a work Christmas party at a local country club on Saturday night. Sally met Santa for the 3rd time this year and repeated the two things that she had asked the other Santas for.


Of course my silly hubby had to get in on the action of sitting on Santas lap!


I decorated my side porch and I just love it. Vintage galvanized fishing bucket, antique sled...can I just keep it this way all year?


We have been wearing Christmas outfits almost everyday. I want to get our wear out of them.






Monday, December 15, 2014

24 Days of Christmas Books


We started a super fun tradition last year: 24 Days of Christmas Books. It's super easy. You just collect 24 Christmas books, wrap them up and label them with a number (1-24). Put them in a bin or basket and your child gets to open one each night. I have been collecting books for years and I taught Kindergarten for 9 years. Needless to say, we have MORE than enough. If the thought of buying 24 brand new books sounds overwhelming or expensive, here are some ideas: start looking at thrift shops, garage sales, local resale sights, used book stores, Paperbackswap.com, etc. It's really easy to find them once you start looking.


Sally loves opening up one book each night for us to read! I hope your little ones enjoy this fun tradition too!


Sunday, December 7, 2014

Five On Friday: Christmas!!

Happy Sunday! We have had a busy, busy weekend including a 1/2 marathon and lots of Christmas fun! Today's Five on Friday is two days late but is all things Christmas! Get ready for picture overload!

{one}
We had a North Pole breakfast last weekend to welcome our Elf on the Shelf "Figgy". 





She brought Sally two presents....new Christmas pajamas and a Magic Light Wand





Grandma and Grandpa were here from Minnesota and Grandma brought Sally some elf pajamas. They had lots of fun!


Sally was very excited to meet Figgy!


{two}
Figgy has been busy here at the Moske house. Not going to lie...I am really enjoying setting her up each night before going to bed and I love to see Sally's face each morning when she wakes up and wants to go find her. Here are some of her latest antics!








{three}
Sally and I have had a lot of fun crafting lately. I planned one activity a day...a  craft, an outing, etc. 

This week we made reindeer food.


Sally also played with Christmas Play-doh...decorating green trees with buttons for ornaments. 


When Joe's mom was here she made the cutest shirt for Sally!


  
She also made the cutest dress!


I have also been crafting. I bought these paper mache letters a few years ago and wasn't sure what to do with them. I decided to make them glittery. I love the way they look!


Sally is loving our tree and she has been really good about not messing with it too much.


I made Sally a special Grinch snack to eat this morning while we watched the cartoon version. Of course she immediately ate the mini marshmallows off first!



{four}
We have a double fireplace. We have one huge living room and there is a half wall that splits in the room in half with a fireplace on either side. One side doesnt have a mantle so this past weekend, Joe made one out of reclaimed wood. I am in love with the way it turned out!

I have started decorating it and its still a work in progress. 


I did hang some DIY art that was inspired by something I say on Pinterest. I had Joe make me a wooden panel out of reclaimed wood and cut an old globe in half. 


I used some vintage letters to spell "Love Makes the World Go Around". I found the letters at one of my favorite stores...Hunt and Gather in Minneapolis, MN.


{five}
One of the gifts that Figgy brought for Sally was a Magic Light Wand.  If you haven't heard of these, let me fill you in. These were invented by people that live in Memphis and they are the next big thing! You just a little box into whatever you want to turn on and the Magic Wand turns it on and makes a magical sound. Sally is loving it and I love it too....it truly is magical!









Tuesday, December 2, 2014

DIY Advent Calendar




Making an advent calendar for Sally has been pretty high up on the list of priorities. With so many DIY ideas out there it was REALLY hard to choose what I wanted to do. When I saw mini galvanized buckets on sale at Target after Christmas last year, I snatched up 25 of them at 50 cents each. 

They had colorful ribbon through little holes but I just cut it and pulled it out. I used printables found here and taped them on. I didnt want to do anything permanent since I am not sure I want to keep this color scheme. 

I knew this would be hanging in our den so I decided to use black and white. I knew it would go with the rest of the decorations in that room. I did use colorful paper to wrap the little gifts. 

I have been collecting little things for the past few months. Here are some ideas that we are doing:

*coloring books
*necklace
*candy
*small stuffed animal
*holiday DVD
*holiday plate and cup set
*ornaments
*holiday socks
*antlers
*bubbles
*small books
*holiday pajamas
*sprinkles and cookie cutters
*holiday stamps and washable stamp pad
*small bag of cookies or crackers
*window clings
*jingle bells
*chapstick/lip gloss
*hair bow or headband
*fun band-aids

One thing I have learned.....buy smaller presents that actually fit in the buckets. Some of my items are bigger and will not fit. I plan to hide the prize somewhere and give Sally clues to find it. 


As you can see, once you put gifts in, the buckets do not hang perfectly...ehhh...that's life! Today is our second day to do it and Sally wakes up each morning so excited to check the bucket.






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