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On Wednesday we made Truffles. I am not sure I would do it again with the kids. I thought it would be a good recipe for the kids to help me with, but they were too messy for them to roll them into balls. Then I was nervous to have them to close to . . . → Read More: Advent Activities: Truffles Have you seen this? Santa can send your child a personalized video message from the Portable North Pole. Allan received a video message Tuesday morning while Lorelei was at school. It was very exciting! Allan watched it again when Lorelei got home so she could see it too. Late that afternoon their Smith . . . → Read More: Advent Activities: Message from Santa
On Monday Charlie was up early with Lorelei. Our tree is on a timer and is usually lit before we all wake up. Charlie loves to play along the fireplace near the tree. Isn't this a cute shot of him? He has been pretty good about not touching the tree. He does like to . . . → Read More: Advent Activities: Hot Cocoa Cones
On Sunday morning after church the kids helped me make Pretzel Hugs. It was the perfect baking activity for them. No mess and no mixing (my favorite). They helped me lay out the pretzels and then lay Hershey's Kisses on top. We popped them in the oven until the chocolate was soft and then pushed . . . → Read More: Advent Activities: Pretzel Hugs or Kisses On Saturday we had snow here and the kids were begging to go outside. I did some grocery shopping right away in the morning and when I got home we bundled them up and sent them out. They were so happy to be in the snow! Lorelei and Allan built a little snowman . . . → Read More: Advent Activities: Lights Parade On Friday we made the long trek to the Grandville Mall. The roads on that side of the state we very snowy and icy, but thankfully Steve has equipped our van with snow tires. Steve had the day off, so of course he was driving and I wasn't worried. Some people weren't so lucky . . . → Read More: Advent Activities: Visit with Santa
On Thursday Lorelei and Allan made simple reindeer ornaments. We glued craft sticks in a triangle shape and let the glue dry. Then later we painted them with brown paint and let that dry. The third step was to glue on a red pom-pom nose and googly eyes. Then we tied a ribbon on . . . → Read More: Advent Activities: Reindeer Ornaments Today we made bird seed pine cones. I lucked out and we were at the end of the Peanut Butter jar, so I let the kids dig in with their knives by themselves multiple times and didn't worry about dirt or sap from the pine cones getting in the peanut butter. We had quite . . . → Read More: Advent Activities: Bird Seed Pinecones Steve stayed home from work to get wagon loads of corn for the burner. Uncle Andy and Aunt Kara come by on their way back from Maddie's appointment at U of M hospital. While Andy helped Steve outside, Kara and I visited as the kids played together. In the afternoon the kids and I . . . → Read More: Advent Activities: Letters to Santa Today we read the Legend of the Candy Cane, which really was of no interest to either of the kids. Then they each decorated an embellishment snowman I had and then we glued them to paper and colored snow around them. Again, I forgot to take a picture of it, but they had fun . . . → Read More: Advent Activities: Christmas Movie Monday |
 I was a Design Manager in the scrapbooking industry until the birth of my first child. I then turned freelance designer, crafter and stay-at-home mom. I reside in MI with my husband and our four kids. Find out more about me here.    
  
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