We have actually been having a lot of fun, me and my kiddos, these past few weeks getting ready for Christmas and enjoying the indoors. At first I was feeling a little cabin fever- we were staying in more than normal because my kiddos were sick and Jed was so little so it took him a little longer to get over it, but after a while, I really started to enjoy being at home and spending some serious quality time with my little ones. I was really intentional with crafts and activities to keep Emery busy- and she loved all of it (boy, do I love that part about my sweet girl, she loves CRAFTS! Yahoo!) Here's some of the snippits I will remember about this holiday season...
Emery got to decorate her first Gingerbread man... she loved it!
... the finished product...
We also made some "crayon pucks" for her friends and wrapped them up as gifts!
We've spent a lot of time ready books and sharing them with Brother...
If you look closely, she gave him the book "Farmer Jed" to read :)
Cousin Griffin came over and we made "Jingle Bell" Christmas Ornaments and they ran up and down the halls singing the song for... oh... 20 minutes!
We watched a Christmas cartoon as a family in our jammies and had popcorn...
We painted lots of things and made presents for our family...
she was really into painting, so we found more things to paint!
Emery also got to make a snowman on her window...
Then we made Christmas cookies together....
And Emery and Bubba delivered them to the neighbors! Emery loved being an elf!
And one night Bubba made a big fire and Emery got to stay up late to read Christmas books, just her and daddy :)
We've had a lot of fun, it's been a quiet season, which is different for me because I like to be out and about more & see more friends and family- and I actually really like the usual holiday bustle- but this year has been different and I am really enjoying the simplicity of my family!
And this little guy, no, we didn't forget about him, we are loving having him around- he's just been doing a whole lot of this:
