The advent tree came out on the first, and each day the boys will find a hint for that day's activity. The tree itself was exciting, and Nate managed to pull the whole thing down on himself twice in about 30 minutes.
We started with a really fun activity on day one: we went over to the eastside, to Bellevue's Garden d'Lights. The boys loved it, we walked through two times.
Day 2 and Day 3 were on Matt, as I had to travel for work. They had a lot of fun: they made and decorated paper snowflakes and on the second day, made a gingerbread cake!
Day 6 was exciting as Nana and Papa came in from Atlanta (more on that in a couple of days), and the Christmas activity was watching a favorite Christmas movie...The Polar Express!
On Day 7, we set up a Christmas sensory bath--we scented the water with vanilla and peppermint, colored it green and added some cranberries to the water to make it super festive. We set up foam shapes on the tile and let the boys have fun decorating with stickers and paint!
Day 8 was a big one...SANTA!!! Everyone was very excited (and patient, with a nearly 2 hour wait), but when it came time to sit on the big man's lap, Nate lost it. We are waiting for the digital disc to arrive, but it's not going to be pretty. Classic, yes, but not pretty.
Finally, Day 9 we saw the arrival of our Elf friend, dubbed Kenny by Simon last year. He started his season with us by pulling out all of the drawers from the advent tree.
More to come!!
As always, Lauren, your narrative is laugh- out- loud funny! The boys look precious as always, and it's clear they are having a ball! What a great group of shots!
ReplyDeleteOh, and... I just read an article about why little ones cry with Santa. It concluded that the beard scares them!
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