The month of December was filled beyond capacity (as usual)! We contiued our tradition of finding a surprise activity each morning in our advent calendar. I both love and hate this tradition…
Some of the fun things we did was:
* Watch Grinch and have "grinch floats"
* Make snowflakes
* Go bowling. Tony beat us all by at least twice our scores. I think next time I'll use the automatic gutters along with Kaisa and Carson. We still had a blast though and promised the kids we would go again soon.
Some of the fun things we did was:
* Watch Grinch and have "grinch floats"
* Make snowflakes
* Go bowling. Tony beat us all by at least twice our scores. I think next time I'll use the automatic gutters along with Kaisa and Carson. We still had a blast though and promised the kids we would go again soon.
* Watch ELF with rainbow floats and rainbow cookies (Jaxson thought we should try spaghetti with maple syrup like in the movie, but I refused.)
* Make a deliver treats to neighbors and friends.
* Make pulla (a braided Finnish sweet bread).
* Go to the ward party, where the kids got to visit with Santa. Kaisa kept her distance but Carson had a real heart-to-heart with him. Carson said Santa told him he "had his eyes on him"! Which we used to our advantage several times over the next few weeks… :)
* Make a deliver treats to neighbors and friends.
* Make pulla (a braided Finnish sweet bread).
* Go to the ward party, where the kids got to visit with Santa. Kaisa kept her distance but Carson had a real heart-to-heart with him. Carson said Santa told him he "had his eyes on him"! Which we used to our advantage several times over the next few weeks… :)
* We went carolling with the cubscouts (WHEN will I get released from scouts? WHEN?)
* We read the "Orange Book" and shared a chocolate orange.
* We went to a live nativity which was awesome and Tony almost got bit by the camel (which was less awesome but kinda funny).
* We read the "Orange Book" and shared a chocolate orange.
* We went to a live nativity which was awesome and Tony almost got bit by the camel (which was less awesome but kinda funny).
* We watched Polar Express and drank hot chocolate
*We attended Kaisa's Holiday dance recital. Her class danced to "Jingle Bell Rock" and she did fantastic, even though she was a little nervous.
*We attended Kaisa's Holiday dance recital. Her class danced to "Jingle Bell Rock" and she did fantastic, even though she was a little nervous.
* We went to U-Swirl frozen yogurt.
* We picked out our first live Christmas tree (in 9 years anyway) which was beautiful and smelled wonderful, but died completely about 3 days before Christmas and turned into a sad, brittle mess.
* We picked out our first live Christmas tree (in 9 years anyway) which was beautiful and smelled wonderful, but died completely about 3 days before Christmas and turned into a sad, brittle mess.
* We read Christmas stories.
* We played Christmas light hide-and-go-seek.
* We slept under the Christmas tree as a family, which also involved dancing around the Christmas tree like crazy, delirious elves. :) Not the best sleep of the year, but totally worth it.
* We played Christmas light hide-and-go-seek.
* We slept under the Christmas tree as a family, which also involved dancing around the Christmas tree like crazy, delirious elves. :) Not the best sleep of the year, but totally worth it.
* We wrote letters to Santa.
* We visited some great Christmas lights; one house was even set to music that you could tune into on the radio. We were all totally impressed.
* We constructed a gingerbread train (thanks Grandma Campbell!)
* We visited some great Christmas lights; one house was even set to music that you could tune into on the radio. We were all totally impressed.
* We constructed a gingerbread train (thanks Grandma Campbell!)
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