Countdown to Christmas (Day 5)

Today Buddy & Snowflake showed up in the cabinet under a glass. They were hiding good because no one found them until this afternoon after school.

Bobby requested homemade cheeseburgers & curly q's for supper. It is one of his favorite meals...so that's what we had for supper tonight.

After supper we made homemade got chocolate from a recipe I found on Pinterest, watched Home Alone on TV & enjoyed a calm night at home. This is my favorite time of the year.

Snowflake the Artist

Snowflake found the dry erase marker & decided to doodle on a few pictures

Naughty, Naughty

This morning when the kids got up Buddy & Snowflake had opened all the kids cabinets.

The also left the kids a note on the calendar about their "not so nice" behavior the day before. 

Christmas Countdown

Buddy & Snowflake brought a surprise with them this morning.  A Christmas Countdown calendar.  The kids were amazed & excited?

Day 1's Activity was to:

We made some dough with flour, salt & water.  The kids loved rolling the dough out & using cookie cutter's to make their own ornaments.

Ornaments had to bake for 2 hours and then cool.  We will paint/decorate them next time all the kids are here!

Buddy & Snowflake (Day 10)

Buddy & Snowflake hanging out in the Christmas village.

Buddy & Snowflake (Day 9)

Buddy & Snowflake found the kids leftover Halloween candy :)

Buddy & Snowflake (Day 7)

Buddy & Snowflake found a Christmas book...

Christmas Ornaments 2012

Every year my Grandma & Papa let everyone pick out an ornament.  My mom personalizes them for each person.  Here are the ornaments we got this year.

Morgan's ornament 2012

Haylee's ornament 2012

Gracie's ornament 2012

Spencer's ornament 2012

Harley's ornament 2012

My ornament 2012

Bobby's ornament 2012
(he said I could pick it out...so this is what he got)

My extra ornament this year.
My grandmother hand painted this ornament

Here is the link from the ornaments we got last year.

Happy Thanksgiving

Buddy & Snowflake are hanging out on top of the refrigerator.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!

Buddy & Snowflake (Day 2)

Today Buddy & Snowflake were hanging out on the light in the dining room.

The kids had a little shooting practice after school.  Spencer would shoot his gun everyday if someone would go out with him.  He loves to hunt & shoot.  He has asked for another gun for Christmas.

After supper I made candy to take to Thanksgiving celebrations.  Morgan helped me!

Peanut Butter Fudge

Pinterest Idea
Which turned out really good...everyone loved them!!!

Chocolate Oatmeal Candy

And peanut butter balls (not pictured).  I didn't get to dip them in chocolate because I started getting sick & ended up in the ER. (more to come on this....)

Buddy is BACK!!!!

This morning the kids woke up looking everywhere for Buddy.  The were sure since we had decorated the tree last night that he would come back.  They were a little disappointed when they couldn't find him anywhere.  Santa must have saw their disappointment and decided to send Buddy back while they were at school.  When they came home they were EXCITED to find Buddy....then they realized Buddy had brought someone with him.  Last year they requested Santa send them a girl elf this year.  Buddy brought a girl elf with him and they LOVE her.

Buddy left them a letter in her Elf on the Shelf book...

They decided to name her Snowflake.

Harley & Gracie hung their ornaments on the tree since they weren't here when we decorated it yesterday.

Morgan, Spencer & Peanut reading Snowflake's Elf on the Shelf book.

Decorating the Christmas Tree

Today I got the tree put up and ready for the kids to decorate.

When they got off the bus they went to work.  I put the ornaments on that mom had made over the years & then turned the kids loose with the rest of the tree.  This is first year I have ever turned them loose.  They had a blast with it.

The finished tree....