Friday, December 21, 2012
Advent Calendar - Day #20 {Indoor "Snowball" Fight}
This was probably my favoritest thing on our Advent Calendar this year! It was so much fun! We had an indoor snowball fight using marshmallows. We had mini marshmallows, regular size marshmallows and the large campfire marshmallows.
Elianna and I hid behind the coach while Chris mainly hid behind the chair but ventured out much more than Elianna and I did. Some of those larger marshmallows hurt a teensy bit when thrown at you. At one point there was pure pandemonium with Elianna running one way, Chris running another way and me running a third way all while throwing marshmallows at each other. Fist fulls of mini marshmallows. A hit on the head by a campfire marshmallow (which were the very best by the way). By the end of it all, we were tired and sweaty from running crazy all around.
Despite there being marshmallows everywhere, cleanup wasn't really all that bad. Everyone had their section and were easy to pick multiples up, making the cleanup of a 30 minute battle only take 10 minutes. Pretty good trade off for tons of fun I would say. The fun part of it is that we occasionally would find a marshmallow here or there. In the couch. On the window sill. In the Christmas tree branches. In the Christmas tree base floating in the water. Finding one brings back those memories and makes you smile!
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Advent Calendar - Day #19 {Christmas Movie - The Best Christmas Pageant Ever with Egg Nog}
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever is one of those books that has been translated so well into a movie. While the movie itself may be a bit old, the message behind it remains the same. If you have absolutely no idea what I am talking about, check out the minimovie below or, better yet, find the book. It'll make you stop and think.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
It's Christmas Time!
It is Christmas Time which means we are a bit busy around here. In addition to our Advent Calendar activities, I also decided to learn to sew and make the little kiddos in our family (Elianna, nieces and nephews) Christmas presents. And I learned this about a month before Christmas. Hopefully I will be done with said gifts soon and can get back to updating our Advent Calendar activities. There is a hysterical story to go with our one elf giving. Hysterical! Can't wait to share it!
Advent Calendar - Day #18 {Christmas Puzzle}
For some bizarre reasoning, I was not good at taking progress pictures of the Christmas puzzle (which by the way still sits unfinished in January 2013). In order to not leave this post 1 sentence long, here are a few other places the moose was hidden (thus making this post 2 sentences long).
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