We love the month of December in our house. It is filled with magic. Grandma came to visit again this year. We love having her come and share in our December countdown. We have a fun activity every day leading up to Christmas. I was so busy in the beginning of December with Young Women's and planning relief society activities, plus the final presentation for my class and the girls activities, I felt that I was constantly leaving my mom at the house, but we were sure glad that she was here to celebrate with us.
We did the Bull Run light drive; it was beautiful. The church Christmas party actually had good fun and another visit with Santa. Sienna left the party early to go to Girl Scouts, so only Natalia and Estelle visited with Santa this time. Estelle told Santa that she wanted Gum and Candy Canes...I think she will be happy Christmas Morning.
We also did the Bethlehem Walk again; this is another of our favorite December Traditions.
Somehow I found time to make a Christmas/Winter Wonderland themed cake
Estelle had a party at Preschool and Hector and I had our Christmas Party at our house. Both were tons of fun.
The girls were so excited to make Gingerbread houses. They take up so much space that I make them wait until after our Christmas party. Then I do not mind them sitting on the counter for a few days while the candy slowing disappears from their creations.
Other fun activities included going to see the Nutcracker with the girls. They are obsessed with the Nutcracker and have been dying to see it on stage. I could not bring myself to purchase 6 tickets to the professional ballet, but I found some really cheap community theater tickets. It was community theater and not great, but a good chance to take all the girls.
My mom and I went and saw, An American in Paris a the Kennedy Center. It was fun, but not the best theater trip we have ever had. We have seen some great shows in the past, it is hard to hit it out of the park every year.
We did even more fun Christmas activities after Grandma left. I love that my kids still enjoy Christmas Coloring, snowflake making and Christmas puzzles as fun activities. It is nice to have a mix activities we can do around the house...in our pajamas if we wanted and out in the community experiences too.
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