Deck the Halls

I hope everyone is ready for Christmas!

We've been cooking and decorating and enjoying lots of relaxing time with family.

Because apparently now, my family members expect Christmas gifts from not only me and Tom, but also our children, we've been doing some craft projects around the house as "gifts". Because really, what is a 2 year old going to pick out as a Christmas gift? And I think the grandparents and great grandma much prefer some little keepsakes.

So the other day I whipped up some salt dough, we did a few hand and foot prints, plus a few random ornaments using cookie cutters, baked and painted them to get some cute little decorations and keepsakes for the family.

 Mistletoes. Cute!

Can you tell which ones I did vs which ones I let the twins paint?

Too obvious? We made the Santa handprint decorations last year for our tree, so it was nice to add them to my parents tree this year. I'm signing out until after Christmas. We have a lot of people home for the holidays and lots of fun things going on, but I'll be back to share all of our holiday fun after Christmas.

Happy Holidays everyone!

It's Christmas Time

I admit, I'm pretty excited for Christmas this year.

1. There's a chance we might see SNOW! I haven't had a white Christmas in years!

The last time I saw snow this happened....

Obviously....

2. We're actually going home for Christmas! The last time we were home was probably the last time I saw snow for Christmas. See picture above for how exciting that was...

3. The twins LOVE Christmas. I don't think they REALLY get it, but they do enjoy the lights and music and the idea of Christmas. Don't even get me started on their love of the Christmas tree.

4. I am not pregnant and don't have a newborn (ok the twins were 6 months old their first Christmas but they were still acting like newborns).
Christmas 2010-pregnant
Christmas 2011-the twins were itty bitty and we had just moved aross the country
Christmas 2012-VERY pregnant
Christmas 2013-NOT pregnant with an almost 1 year old and two 2 1/2 year olds. My, how quickly that seemed to happen!

5. It's this big guy's FIRST Christmas!

Isn't he cute? :)

What are you excited for this holiday season? My favorites are everything white chocolate peppermint flavored, going for walks to see Christmas lights, hot chocolate, and lots of family time! :)