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Friday, December 19, 2014

Five on Friday



{one}
Our Christmas cards are mailed!! I LOVE getting the mail in December and seeing everyones cards. I hang them up on a garland.



{two}
Joe and I did the St. Jude 1/2 Marathon a few weeks ago. It wasn't exactly pretty but I finished. This was my third time to do it and I always feel such an accomplishment when I cross the finish line.







After doing 13.1 miles, I was sore...I took a nice hot bath, then a shower and then laid on the couch!




{three}
Joe and I attended A Christmas Story at the Orpheum. It definitely put me in the holiday spirit....such a cute show!


{four}
We are getting an IKEA in Memphis. I am so, so excited about this!! I was sure Nashville would get one before us so this must mean Memphis is moving on up in the world. Now we just need a Trader Joes!



{five}

I made homemade peppermint bark this week and it is delish!

I hosted "Left Right Center" group at my house this week. I had so much fun cooking up some yummy food for everyone and it made me motivated to keep the house clean.


Sally had a class party at Mothers Day Out this week. I made "Reindeer Noses" for all of her classmates. 


We also wrapped up some teacher gifts.


We were in charge of bringing a dessert. Thank you Pinterest for showing me a cute way to make Santas out of Milano cookies :)


I can't believe Christmas is just days away. I am finally done shopping...just waiting for the last gifts to come in the mail so I can wrap them up.






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!


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