One fine Saturday, the snow was a'falling... in fact with the drifts, our front door was piled with snow! Enough for us to consider it a blizzard! So what's a family to do but decorate the Christmas tree!

In fact, we had so much fun, with all the kids tacking on the ornaments, having fun dancing to Christmas tunes, getting excited about the navity! Advent has gone by so quickly, and with only 4 days left until Christmas, we can hardly believe it's almost Jesus' birthday!

So as we prepare for the birth, we find ourselves closely watching our Advent calendar, exciting our souls for placing the baby Jesus in the nativity scene, and wrapping our gifts for our loved ones. YAY! Christmas!

So what are your Christmas traditions? I'm all ears!

Preparing for Christmas

As the season continues with strong force (and faith :), our little family is gearing up for our first Christmas "brag" letter. Granted, I don't think it's too braggy, but it is super cute! We incorporated each of our children and their bubbly personalities with a GREAT photo "film strip" instead of the regular family photo card. Think of going to a mall, and being in one of those photo booths and you get the strip of pics after? Yup that's what we were going for :) PLUS it's small enough to fit in a wallet/purse yet the pics are big enough so that you can actually see the kids faces ;)
So how did I do it? Let's just say... a lot of patience, stuffed animals to occupy hands, and a blue sheet that I used as a backdrop :)

Hope our family and friends enjoy them :) Let me know if you'd like an update letter/photo :)

Below are some fun "practice shots"

He LOVES animals!!
She is just a little model!

Sharing their animals

On the time out chair... but as a prop :)

BAM! PERFECT SHOT of the timples,

granted I do note that there's a little too much lighting on it.... next time :)

Cooking Cuties

My two year-old LOVES to bake! Although I enjoy my kitchen, I've never been gifted in cooking, I have grown to love the time I get with my daughter to bake different recipes. Since it is the holiday season, I finally busted out one of my favorite cookie recipes: the peanut butter Kiss cookie! And Bumblebee LOVED every minute of it!

First thing to do while waiting on the preheated oven: unwrap the Kisses!

BumbleBee LOVED doing this little task!

T-man was our watch-boy!

He kept track of his big sister and made sure she was on task!

As BumbleBee worked hard, she LOVED making the peanut butter dough balls

Awaiting her creation with her "friends", note each one has a bib on too!

After all the fun, it was time to take care of her baby

while Mommy took care of her own baby boy!