Christmas

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Christmas happened too! No, I'm not kidding, really, we had Christmas here in Washington!

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We had a party at Church where we decorated ornaments!

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We also decorated our house!

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And Mama planned Advent activities!

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And, of course we opened presents! :D

Boat Light Parade

For one of our Advent activities, we went to see a boat parade where the boats were decorated with Christmas lights. We saw all kinds of cool designs!

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Candy canes

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A train

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Santa on a sail boat!

Hot Chocolate

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Mama says that spells "hot chocolate."

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Heat up some milk and pour in some hot chocolate mix.

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Stir! (and drink)

How to Paint a Hand Print Christmas Tree

First, paint your hand.

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Second, put your hand on the paper.

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Repeat steps 1 & 2.

Then decorate the trees with your fingertips.

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Done!

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Christmas Ornament Craft Night!

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Tonight we made Christmas Ornaments!

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I made an angel and a Santa (not pictured).

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Theo, Emmaline, and Mama made a Santa and a Christmas Tree.

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Now we have more ornaments for our tree! I can't wait to find out what we do tomorrow!

Christmas (Tree) is Here!

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Today we all put up our Christmas tree for Advent. Mama and Daddy say we'll have to take it down and put it back up in our new house before Christmas, but what would Christmas be without a tree?

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Theo helped put up ornaments.

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And so did Meredith. She put them up as high as she could reach!

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I'm so excited for Christmas to come! Can it be tomorrow? This Advent waiting thing is going to be hard!

A candle of Hope

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Today we start Advent. This year Mollie put together activities to do with the kids each day of advent. Some are simple, some are silly, hopefully all will help teach something about Advent.

Today we used a Sunday School activity -- decorating a yule log Advent "wreath." Tonight before dinner we lit the first candle and talked about how Advent is about waiting... for Jesus to be born. We talked about waiting for things, like for our presents, for moving into our new house, and of course for Jesus our Savior.

I hope each day to take pictures of what we do so everyone can experience Advent with us too. Visit every day to see what the kids did that day!