Day 12 - 25 Days of Christmas

I am really feeling very blessed this holiday season! I love being able to do all of the activities with the family! I am also excited that for day 12 we were able to help more people in need. Two neighborhoods came together for a great cause. Some ladies organized a great charity drive. The kids and I went to Target the night before and picked some items up and we went to donate them tonight. A couple of local bakeries actually donated cookies, hot chocolate and 14 dozen cupcakes for the occassion. Have I mentioned that I love where I live!

Day 11 - 25 Days of Christmas

Tonight we made cinnamon applesauce ornaments! I can't believe that I haven't heard of these before. Here is the recipe:

1 Cup Ground Cinnamon

1 1/2 Cup Applesauce

1/4 Cup Glue

Mix it all together...knead...cover in bowl with saran wrap for 1/2 hour...take out and knead...put between two pieces of wax paper and use a rolling pin to make about 1/4 in. thick...use cookie cutters!

I have heard different things about the drying process. It says to let them sit anywhere from 1-5 days to fully dry. One important thing to do with them is to turn them a few times a day so the edges don't curl! They smell delicious!

Day 10 - 25 Days of Christmas

Tonight was all about spending time with family and friends. We have gotten to be good friends with a co-worker of Ryan's and his family. We always have so much fun when we hang out together. Tonight was their daughters birthday party so we had a lot of fun with our family and theirs! I am so thankful for good friendships. Oh....and I couldn't pass up the sunglasses...they were only 1.00!!!!

Day 9 - 25 Days of Christmas

Today as a family we learned about the advent calendar! It was very interesting. My kids just thought that it was a simple little calendar to get chocolates or change everyday. It has been fun learning new things about what we thought we knew all about! We have the advent calendars in our house!

Day 8 - 25 Days of Christmas

The girls had a lot of fun with the project tonight! We made snowflakes and really enjoyed doing it! The girls were so creative...well, so were Ryan and I! Madisyn is a typical teenager and wasn't home! Here are some pictures!

Day 7 - 25 Days of Christmas

Today Lexy went to go and see The Nutcracker with her class at school for the holiday! She got up extra early and Madisyn curled her hair and she got to wear a new outfit. She looked really cute!





Also, bear with me...I have messed my blog template up and can't get it fixed! I will be working on it and the colors!

Day 6 - 25 Days of Christmas

Today we baked cookies and had hot chocolate! I had some chocolate chip cookie dough that was going to go bad so we baked those! It is bedtime now and the kids are a little hyper....Ryan seems to think it is all of the sugar in the cookies and hot chocolate!!!