Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Christmas Time Fun...

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:

6 comments:

Eliza said...

Sweet post! I love doing all the Christmas things with my family.

Vali said...

so cute. Thanks for posting. Love all the projects!

Deb said...

I think Emmie is going to be the next "Martha Stewart"!
What do you think???
Loved all the pictures and captions! Wanna see more pictures!!

Darling little family!!

Love you.....

naomi said...

I believe your blog is my all time favorite, I can now go to Dave and Catherine's and feel like I can fix something not only good, but healthy thanks to you. Catherine and I say you are an amazing wife and mom. Thank you so much for all of your tips, crafts, and food ideas.

Andrea said...

Thanks everyone for your sweet comments- I love this time of year!!!

Naomi, thanks so much for your comments, I am so glad the recipes are coming in handy! I love to hear that, it motivates me to keep them coming! xoxo!

Alisa Marie said...

Look at how big Emery is! Wow! I love that gingerbread man idea, and the bells and the crayon pick... You are just so amazing!

Also - I totally have that snowman gel pack on my window at school! Did you're carrot nose bleed? I left mine on over a weekend and came back to an orange snowman.