These are our wise men . . . except ours are not so wise. They are on their way to see baby Jesus but they get lost every night! Can you believe it? Well, my boys informed me that they know I hide them, but it is so funny to watch those sleepy boys emerge from their room and wander the house looking for the little men while half awake. When they find the three lost wise men they also find a message saying what fun activity awaits us that day. The boys look forward to the fun and I get to make so many fun memories with my sweet kiddos!
Here are some of the activities we have done so far. I'll update more later in the month. Maybe you can try one out and have some Christmas Fun!
Day 1 - Christmas Slime! Same borax and water, but if you use glitter glue it is so much more exciting! Benaiah didn't get to make this last year because he was still putting everything in his mouth. This year he got to join in the fun. He played with his slime for two hours before we had to make dinner. Cutting it with scissors is a win!
Day 2 - Indoor Snowball Fight! Using stuffed snowballs and styrofoam balls we enjoyed our snowless fight in the warm indoors. I put this activity early in the month so they could have it out to play whenever they wanted.
The littles also painted with cotton balls and made a snow globe while Jonah was away. Eli wasn't interested in a picture. He was stringing beads on pipe cleaners to make an ornament.
We also added our hand prints to the tree skirt! Stop growing, little ones!
Day 3 - Send a Paper Hug to Someone You Love! Huck is the master accordion folder! We also ate reindeer sandwiches! Some days we cut them into snowmen or gingerbread men to decorate with raisins and craisins. Have to mix up the pb&j every now and then!
Day 4 - Christmas Party! We had Danny's unit Christmas Party. Benaiah found Santa and claimed him as his own. He held right onto his leg and lounged in his lap. Juliet was not as thrilled. They spent the night decorating cookies and running around with lots of friends.
Day 5 - Snowman Pizza and the Clarksville Lighted Parade! This was the best parade I have ever seen! The boys loved the Storm Troopers and garbage truck.
Day 6 - Go to the drive through live nativity! A near-by church put this on for free for the community. The boys were able to listen to the Christmas story on CD while driving past each scene (complete with camels). Then we danced to the choir singing at the end and enjoyed hot cocoa and cookies!
Day 7 - Leave treats for the mailman! My boys love the mailman. It might have something to do with the fact that they think he gets to decide who gets packages and mail. It has nothing to do with Amazon or mommy ordering - nah. So, we made chocolate covered pretzel sticks with sprinkles - lots of sprinkles! They watched all day for him to come get them.
Day 8 - Candy cane bomb the library! We gave out candy canes to patrons and the librarians. Benaiah was the bravest of them all!
Day 9 - Christmas tree quesadillas and sculpting snowmen. While the quesadillas are long gone the snowmen are still drying and waiting for the final touches with markers. :)
Day 10 - Grow snowflakes! More borax and water and we grew some fun crystals! This one was a little difficult for the boys because the water has to be boiled and they couldn't quite get the shapes they wanted without help. They were happy with the results!
Day 11 - Painting Christmas scenes and MANS NIGHT! I handled the painting, but after Juliet and I left . . . they went riding to see Christmas lights and ate popcorn while watching old Christmas cartoons. Fun manly activities :)
Day 12 - Build a gingerbread house! The boys had a ball with this one! Each boy got his own side of the house to decorate. Benaiah liked eating the materials - who could blame him? I think it turned out so well. We had to get a picture of each boy with his side.
Where is Juliet you ask? Well, here she is just being cute all December!
I might love her a little ;)
Where will we find those wise men tomorrow???
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