We started the month off by making a gingerbread house. Oh man, Joshua wanted to eat it even more than the older kids did!
Showing off their Christmas tattoos. (candy canes this time) Funny how something so small brought them so much joy. These tattoos came off super duper easily (YAY - and why aren't they all like that?) so they'd ask for a new one every day.
Nightly walks to go see all the Christmas lights in our neighborhood. We live in the best neighborhood where SO many people put out fun stuff to look at - and not just lights. Disney characters, giant snow globes, animals, etc etc. We sure loved our nightly walks.
In Queen Creek this neighborhood goes ALL OUT - seriously almost every house decorates like CRAZY. It's called the Loop of Lights and people from all over come to walk through it. They even close off street traffic on weekends! Kate's favorite house was the one with a Cinderella display and Matthew's was the Rudolph house. And of course we all loved the most famous house in the Loop of Lights, which is the one where they have the lights synchronized with Christmas songs. They even serve popcorn since they attract SO many people most nights.
We went to see the Mesa Temple lights too. One of my favorite traditions! We went once as a family and I went with the YW as well. It's almost always super crowded, but it's fun anyway. Kathy and Don joined us this year.
Christmas cookies! Yum! (While watching The Grinch of course.)
The kids seemed to pretty much always be begging for a Christmas treat. This sight wasn't uncommon and makes me laugh-
Our community does an annual Polar Express and we signed up this year. The kids met Santa, played in the "snow," (crushed up ice, ha) decorated gingerbread boys, jumped in the bounce house, met some fun characters, and participated in other random fun activities. They loved the snow so much that we were excited to take them to the real snow. Well, that didn't go as well.... but that's a post for another day. HA.
Kate was really into Frosty this year so this made her day. Matthew was more into the treats Frosty was carrying. :-)
We DID get slowed down a bit with illness... :-( ..... ear infections and mild flus. Lame! Matthew broke out into that terrible rash again after being on antibiotics. But it's not an allergy to the antibiotics because it goes away while he is still on them. The doctor said that it's most likely a rare condition where he breaks out into a rash after a bacterial infection. It's just his body's reaction to it. Let's hope he grows out of it. It's no big deal and not contagious, but it's still no fun!
Kate wanted a bandaid for her ear after getting an ear infection. It was symbolic. ;-)
This was before it even got bad:
The boys started wrestling more and more. It cracks me up how much Joshua already loves it.
I kinda sorta love all the ways to make my kids looks Christmas-y. :-)
Kate had a dance performance where she dressed up as winter/Christmas stuff. She was the cutest little snow fairy!
Amazon was our friend this month. The kids got so excited every time a package turned up. They learned quickly that it was most likely a present for one of them in there. :-)
Me and Michael got out for a date night to our friends house- the Allen's. They threw a super fun Ugly Sweater/Minute To Win It Christmas party. We loved it. Michael didn't have an actual sweater, but at least we tried? ;-)
And then we were off to CA for Christmas!
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