Christmas 2010

Zachary-10 mts Shelby-5 Gracie-4.5

This month went by fast, every day we soaked in & did something special for Christmas. We started out by making our Coniferous Forest & decorating them together. Every tree was a day, using it as our Advent Calendar, so every day Gracie couldn't wait to find the date & look under the tree.
1st day - Made 25 trees & decorated our winter wonderland! (this took a few days)
2 - Made Gingerbread house with mommy! Hot cocoa & fire with daddy!
3 - Dinner @ Gramma Kk's & Chinese soup, not sure what it had to do with Christmas!
4 - Decorate Christmas tree, made cookies & apple cider w/fire & watched a Christmas show
5 - gift under the tree - Christmas Tree Bubbles for G & Z Bike ride to the lake & fire with daddy
6 - gift - polar bear christmas cookie from Starbucks - went to mall to see Christmas decorations, would only look at Santa from the 2nd floor of the mall, no go for Santa!
7 - Christmas Toes!!
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9 - Ate Chick Fil A at mall w/daddy and then off to see lights at Crane's Roost! Zachary's first time, he had a blast!
10 - Made star ornaments with GLITTER! Our favorite! Popcorn necklaces, cider & watch movie with Gramma KK & Papa Bear. While making the necklaces, she kept poking her finger with the needle, so she made up her own trick & then said, "watch mommy, see, you do it like this." She put her popcorn on the table, stabbed it with the needle and then fed it through, clever! I said, "well you are the next Martha Stewart!" Her reply, "you can say THAT again!" :)
11 - Christmas Pj's! Fire, dinner & movie
12 - Made reindeer pancakes for breakfast!
13 - Made a Gracie & Zachary snowman with ice!
14 - Christmas shopping!
15 - Drove & looked at lights with Gracie sucking on candy canes. While driving around she said, "this is a great idea, mommy....this makes me smile!"
16 - gift - story of Jesus birth under the tree with a cd
17 - Playgroup Christmas party!
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19 - Went to see Dispicable Me at movie theater! Saw lights.
20 - Go to mall and finish Christmas shopping, see more decorations at night with daddy & Zachary this time.
21 - Painted Christmas toes with hearts!!
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23 - ICE at Gaylord Palms & then SNOW at Celebration - what a night! Gracie road train with daddy!
24 - Gave her Hello Kitty lipgloss kit, she was SO excited. Made cookies for Santa and a Birthday Cake for Jesus!!
25 - Christmas Day!