Pre Christmas Activities

December brings lots of fun activities. This year Marc and I decided to go and cut down our own Christmas Tree instead of going to a lot. We envisioned this wonderful experience. But... as with everything the vision and the reality did not quite match. Truly the kids were not that interested in finding the perfect tree- they did enjoy picking up the various bows on the ground and sword fighting. We found a tree we liked and we didn't want to lose track of it- so we left Jessica in charge of guarding our chosen one while we continued looking around.

We ended up going with that tree in the end.


And this is what Justin did most of the time.
Later that day Mimi came up to build Gingerbread houses with the kids. She does this every year and they very much enjoy it.




The next day was Cookie Day- the day I go and bake cookies with my friends to share during the holidays. Marc gets annoyed because I never come home with any cookies he likes. This year when I was away he and the kids had their own Christmas treat making day. They saw these reindeer cupcakes in Family Fun magazine and decided to make their own. They came out really good!



Marc brought his 8 to work. Jessica shared hers with a friend. But when Justin tried to eat one of his he cried and quickly fixed it. I don't think his were ever eaten he couldn't bear it.