25 Days of Christmas--Half-Way Through

This year we started a new tradition for our family called 25 Days of Christmas.

I heard about the idea from some fabulous mommies at my MOPS group and I am so glad we started it this year. It has been such a treat to slow down each day and do something special as a family! Some days we do something small (make paper snowflakes, eat Christmas jellybeans) and some days we do more extensive activities, but either way the boys have loved it. Opening the next day's activity is the first thing on their minds when they wake up each morning!

Here's a few of our highlights...

We made Snowman sock guys. Zachary's guy is "Snowy"....Kaden's guy is "Go-ey."
Zachary posed Snowy for a few pictures of him doing some snowman activities like taking a nap and reading a book. So cute.

Zoo lights was another special activity. It was insanely busy and I dressed the boys WAY TOO WARM so they were sweating and dying of thirst by the end of the night, but overall it was pretty fun.

We made Christmas trees out of upside-down sugar cones and green frosting. This was a really fun treat after lunch. This gets my vote for the perfectly manageable, fun, yummy, age-appropriate, not-too-many ingredients activity. Loved it!

One of our family activities was heading to Zachary's Winter Concert at school.

Are these not the cutest little reindeer you've ever seen?

And of course one of our special activities was making gingerbread houses. Steve was actually in charge of this one since I was gone and it was deemed a "boys night" in our home. I was so impressed to come home to such amazing works of graham crackers and frosting!