As you may have seen in our last post, we had to do some with our advent activities, so we ended up with two advent activities on Friday. Thankfully, they both aligned perfectly with our movie and pizza night tradition!⠀ The kids and I made puppy chow during the day and they LOVED the process—...
We were all so worn down on Wednesday that we chose to skip our advent activity and then double up on Friday when we had more energy. We also forgot to prepare our ornaments for an activity one day, so I had to improvise. And my ADVENT DAY 9 activity (an up-cycled candy cane craft)...
During winter, few things evoke a sense of peaceful coziness more than the warm glow of candlelight, so I thought it might be fun for us to try our hand at beeswax candle making. I ordered sheets of beeswax and wicks online, and could not believe how simple and enjoyable it was to roll the...
So, Jen, what did you do today?⠀ Well, I didn’t spend the afternoon crafting a tiny Santa hat for a kitten photo shoot… that was yesterday!!!!! Isla and I had the best time making a tiny felt Santa hat for Auggie, and were completely tickled when we discovered that he was happy to leave it...
The kids were thrilled when they learned it was time to write their letters to Santa! As in, danced around the living room thrilled! I provided them with several colors of construction paper, markers, colored pencils, and stickers, and then let their creativity take the lead! ⠀ Having recently spent a day sorting through their...
