Countdown to Christmas 2014

 

Day 8 of Countdown to Christmas

 

was spent reading one of my most favorite books from childhood!

 

The Gingerbears First Christmas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Several weeks ago I picked up little teddy bears for each of the girls . . .

 

 

 

 

 

And we made them a little fleece scarf.

To keep them warm, of course!!

What does your countdown look like??

Do share!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Couontdown to Christmas 2014, Day 8 ~ And a little catch up

 Whew!  A little catch up is in order!!

So.

We made it in to town on Thursday, and even Tay didn't have too many meltdowns.

Success!!!

 

 

 

We picked up Starbucks

{Vanilla Beans and Cake Pops}

 

And Kenners even held off on eating hers so that I could photograph its beauty when we got home, lol!!
 

Friday was another busy day spent preparing for our upcoming craft bazaar.

But we managed to fit in a craft:

 

Washi Tape and Cookie Cutter Ornaments.

 

And then Saturday was the big day!  Bazaar Day!!
 

 

 

 

 Sierra had a table that she shared with a friend, and Makenna and I shared one as well.

Even Kam and Tay managed an entire day spent down at the church!

We had such fun visiting with friends ♥


And last night, after a full day of church, and celebrations, we headed over to my parent's house

for pizza and to decorate their tree.



I love this tradition so much!!









 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 What have you been up to????

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Countdown to Christmas 2014 ~ Day 4

 

Well, December is moving right along, isn't it??

 

The girls were so excited to get our tree yesterday {oh who am I kidding, I get more excited than anyone!}.  We set right to decorating after dinner last night, and they did a great job!  Especially considering our tree is 10 1/2 feet tall.  We reached as high as we could before breaking out the ladders.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today is errand-running.  But we may throw in a trip to Starbucks *if* we can all behave ourselves.

 

What are you all up to today??

 

 

 

 

 

Countdown to Christmas 2014 ~ Day 3!

 

We got our tree today! Hooray!!  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Countdown to Christmas 2014, Day 2

Day 2 of Countdown to Christmas found us making Christmas crafts.
 

 

 

I found cute little packaged Christmas crafts at Michael's several weeks ago for days like today, when I really just wanted {needed} to stay at home, but needed an activity for the girlies.
Worked perfectly!


 

 

 

 

 We're also counting down our days in Scripture.
Won't you follow along?

 

 

 

 

December 1st

 

Eeeek!!!  It's December 1st!  I can hardly believe it!!!

 

I am so excited for another year of Countdown to Christmas at our house.

 

The decorations are up, the countdown tree is hung . . . we are READY!

 

Our activity for December 1st traditionally is to make a Hershey's Kiss Countdown Chain,

 

but we're changing it up! 

This year {and last year too!}, we celebrated the 1st of December with a

 

North Pole Breakfast.

 

The girls LOVE it!

 

 

 

They opened up Christmas Jammies,

and got to decorate French Toast "Trees".




So much fun!

If you're looking ideas for your own Countdown activity/craft each day leading up to Christmas,

just search my blog using the key words: Countdown to Christmas.

I'll post more ideas soon!

Enjoy the Season!

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Happy Thanksgiving, y'all! May your day be filled with blessings!!

                  Colossians 3:17

And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Wordless Wednesday

Fall Fun!

 

Happy Harvest!!!!

 

   

 

 

 

 

Changes

With four little girls in this house, it sure seems like things are constantly changing.

And . . . I don't like change.

I never have.

Like, when I was a child, and my mom would rearrange my bedroom . . .

I cried for days.

Seriously.

Now, don't get me wrong, there are good changes.

Like when you're expecting a new baby!!! SQUEAL!!!!!! 

I can't think of a more exciting change!

But that's not what's going on here :(

What's going on here is that this little muffin:
 

 

{Miss Kameryn Faith circa: 2009}


Turned into this BIG girl down here {OVERNIGHT, I might add}
 

 

And the other day she mentioned something about a loose tooth.

Now, is there anything more grown up than losing teeth??

That's like, the universal sign of not being a baby anymore, right?

So, I did what any mom would  do:  I ignored it.  And hoped it would go away.

But it didn't.

And this morning she insisted that it was REALLY loose.

So then this happened:

 

{Sissy inspecting the loose-ness}.


And then shortly after, this:
 

 

 

Followed by a LOT of crying {from me}.

And even though I'm in denial.  I thought I should document.

Because someday {soon, I'm afraid}, the little girl above will be all grown up.

And I'm pretty sure I'll be crying then too. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wordless Wednesday ~ Road Trippin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tick Tock

Holy. Moly.

 

Truly, I need a pause button. 

 

Or at least slow-motion.

 

We're creeping up on October!

 

This is absolutely my favorite time of year.

 

Scarves, boots, apple everything . . . and counting down to my favorite holiday!

 

But it's all going so fast.

 

We *did* start school, a couple of weeks ago.

 

I didn't document it, of course, because we also had just gotten home from the beach, started dance lessons, and had 132 million photograph sessions ;)

 

But I thought I should at least get a few photos up here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 And things are going well.

We got a little overly . . . optimistic the first week, and we've since toned it down a bit.

I sometimes forget that it's a big adjustment, adding another homeschooler to the mix.

But Kam is doing great! 

She's eager to learn, and brings such joy to our table :)

So that's what's going on here.

School, Dance, Photography, Life.

Whew!