Advent Day # 21-24

Day # 21: Have a "midnight" snack of milk and cookies. ( Isaiah just didn't know it was really 9 pm) hahahaha...I know so evil...how bad can I be really?...I mean I did give him a bedtime snack of warm chocolate chip cookies...I think he would forgive me. :) I baked up some quick slice and bake chocolate chip cookie dough and we enjoyed them with a cold glass of milk. MMMMM.

Day # 22: Make Christmas tree crayons for a special friend. Isaiah and Isaac worked so hard peeling crayons, then we melted them down, poured them into molds and waited patiently for them to cool. They turned out pretty cute I think.

Day # 23: Ok so this day we had all sorts of car trouble and we were super busy so we ended up saving our activity to do on the 24th...ooops. So the next day we made Christmas brownies then decorated them.

 Day # 24: OUR LAST DAY!:) Open an early Christmas gift. Every year we buy the boys new pajamas to wear on Christmas morning. Just a little tradition we started when Isaiah was younger. This year Isaiah got Lego Star Wars and Isaac got Mickey. Both boys were VERY happy.

Advent Day # 14-20

Day # 14: Deliver goods to the Hope Center. Hope Center is a place that helps people with food and meals in their time of need. We donated canned goods and breakfast items to help serve others who need it! When the boys get older we plan on volunteering and serving there as a family often. It was very cold and rainy this day so we snapped a quick picture before we took our bags in.

Day #15: Watch the movie Elf and enjoy Christmas hot cocoa. :)



Christmas hot cocoa...cocoa, lots of whipped cream, christmas sprinkles, and a candy cane stirrer.:)

Day # 16: Make fingerprint ornaments for our tree. These turned out pretty cute. I got the inspiration from pinterest. Love that site!

Day # 17: Drive around town to look at lights and sing carols! What great family memories I hope our boys will pass on to their family one day.

Day # 18: Make special "cards" for Jesus' birthday. Again...thank you pinterest for this idea. The stars in the middle of these read......" I used my hand to make a manger, a place for Jesus to lay. I'll use my heart so full of love, as a place for Jesus to stay." We hung these on their bedroom doors to remember the true meaning of our special holiday!



Day # 19: Play Christmas games on the computer. Isaiah was thrilled to read this advent. He loves playing games on the computer but hardly ever gets to. This made his day.



Day # 20: Make reindeer food to sprinkle in the yard on Christmas Eve. We didn't have all of our normal ingredients but we improvised and it came out perfect according to Isaiah. The reindeer loved the food by the way.;)



Advent Day # 13

Advent Day #13: Make Christmas wreaths to hang on their bedroom doors. The boys decorated paper plates with green peices of paper Isaiah cut up and then they added sequins. Here's the final masterpeice.



Advent Day #12: Finally our plans went through for this advent activity

Advent day #12: Go to a children's theater to see Santa Clause the Musical. As you know, last week our plans fell through to visit the children's theater because they had cancelled the performances that morning because of no electricity. Well...today we were finally able to see the play. The boys were so excited when we went this morning. We had a great time and I was so proud of my boys and how well they sat through the entire performance.



This was today at the theater!

 

And these were from last week (while waiting an hour in the lobby for the electricity to come back on) at the theater!



And again...from last week!:)



Advent Day # 11

Tonight we made our first homemade manger scene. What a perfect activity to do while talking about the birth of Jesus. The boys listened well and Isaiah asked lots of great questions. And it was a great lesson in patience for MOMMY. lol. Mary and Joseph did not want to stand up and every time I set the wise man's cane thingy up the boys would knock the tray and we would have to start over. haha. Sometimes these lessons really do end up teaching me many things...tonight's taught me to be patient and to just relax and let the boys have a good time. So one hundred pounds of candy and frosting later....we have our wonderful masterpiece and PRICELESS memories to share.:)



See...told you it was a masterpiece. lol. And who knows..maybe Joseph really was that skinny. :)



So proud of their work. :)

Advent Day # 10: Polar Express Family Movie Night

We had a blast tonight. Isaiah pulled the chain off this morning that said we were going to have a Polar Express Movie Night tonight. We went with the Christmas theme dinner. My hubby made the tickets online. He did a great job. Much better than when I make them. I know who is recruited to "family movie night ticket making" now....:)  During the movie we had hot chocolate, cookies, and popcorn. And towards the end when Santa comes out in show, we gave both boys bell necklaces. I had placed them in the freezer earlier today so they were very cold just like from the North Pole. What an amazing night full of imagination. I really LOVE family movie nights with my loves.



This is a veggie tray Christmas tree. Thank you pinterest for the idea.




Our candy cane pizza.:)




Christmas tree pizzas.



Check out our golden tickets. My honey did a great job creating these.



The kids got the golden tickets and we got the others.



My loves getting ready to watch the movie.



Our intermission snacks.




My sweet babies after we gave them their frozen bells from the North Pole.



Sorry for the sideways picture..for some reason it wont load correctly...but this is our train snack/craft we made!



Advent Day # 9

Advent Day# 9 was to take a "Christmas" bubble bath. I had bought new christmas sponges(Santa and a reindeer) earlier in the week so I gave these to the boys right before their special bubble bath. I had the bathroom decorated in Christmas lights and I had some Christmas decorations hung up around the bathroom. (Sorry I don't have any pics of that...I was so focused on getting the boys not to jump in the tub with their clothes on I was limited on my pics.haha) I colored their water red with a tablet used for changing the water color, added bubbles, red and white bath toys, and of course their body paints. They loved the paints. They colored all over the bathtub wall and all over each other. We sang Christmas songs and the boys had a great time. Daddy even joined in on the Christmas songs. :)

Advent Day # 8

Ok so our "really great" plans got a little changed up today. Our original advent activity was to go to a Christmas play at this really fun children's theater we have nearby. However, when we got there this morning the electricity was off in the entire area. There's a lot of construction going on around the theater so they said they thought a line had been cut somewhere nearby. After waiting an hour at the theater in line...they decided to cancel. So we rescheduled to go on another day instead. SOOOO...we turned our frowns upside down:) by going to the mall to visit Santa and play in their awesome play area. The boys were still very happy to Santa. Turned out to be a great day after all. SO Advent Day #8: Visit Santa!!!


My babies looked a little scared. lol...no tears though so it turned out good. haha




After they saw Santa...they got cute little Christmas books.:)




My LOVES!!!



Advent Day # 5, 6 and 7

We have had so much fun over the past week. The very first thing Isaiah does when he wakes up is ask to pull a chain off. Some mornings I don't even have my eyes opened yet when I hear his little voice beside my bed asking if he can pull a link off. Isaac has joined in on most of the activities too. We have something really special planned for day # 8. Stay tuned...the boys are going to be thrilled. :)

 

Day # 5: Give to a charity or organization. We gave baby items to an organization that helps pregnant women or women with young children needing extra help with resources. Isaiah was so sweet when he walked in and handed the lady the goodies we had brought. He told her they were for a baby in need. lol. I was very proud of him.

  

 Day # 6: Make candy cane reindeer ornaments. Isaiah named all of them. lol. This ones name was Comet. ;)




These were priceless...lol...I love the ones with the HUGE eyes. Isaiah insisted we use those because they looked like the hamster Bugsy off of Bedtime Stories. haha



Day # 7: Make homemade Christmas playdoh. We added glitter and peppermint extract to our original recipe. It smelled just like peppermint candy canes. Mmmmm!!!

Advent Day # 4

Day #4 is complete. Todays activity was to make Christmas cards for ones we love!  Rainy, cold weather = perfect day for this advent activity. These are just a few of what we made. It took a long time. Lots of little details.We had a great time!:)