Tuesday, December 13, 2011

13-Tape Art! And one lone pic of the 11th....

This was really fun! We just taped scotch tape to computer paper and then used watercolors on the paper. When done I used a paper towel to wipe off the tape of paint residue and done! You could also do it with masking tape which you would probably be able to take off when done. :) Fun times!
Oh and here was the aftermath of our fort fun!

11 and 12...sorry no pics!

We did some fun stuff for days 11 and 12 but I couldn't take pictures of one and didn't bring the camera along with me for the other so you will have to trust me:)
11-we simply enjoyed some good ole fashioned fort making with blankets. This activity is the one that I couldn't take pictures of as I was on "save the fort from the Godzilla that was Claire" duty and was just having too much fun to be bothered with pictures. :)
12-We went an bought a toy for a kiddo that needed one. It was a good but hard lesson for Blake, one that I hope gets easier with time. He did a really good job and eventually understood that he would be getting gifts from his family and some kids aren't that blessed. In the end he had fun and wanted to pray for the kid who would get the toy we got-it just took awhile to get to that point. :)

Monday, December 12, 2011

8...9...10...we were busy!

We baked on the 8th...Banana Cake and cookies YUM!
On the 9th we did some art making presents for family:)
Reindeer feet for Blake!
And Angle tootsies with Claire-she loved it! Giggled the whole time:) and then wouldn't take of Daddy's old undershirt all night long...
Cute little feet wings!
Then on Saturday we Celebrated this cute boy! Happy 4th Birthday Blake!

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Sometimes simple is best!

Sometimes simple IS best. On Day 7 the task was very simple-pick 7 Christmas books to read-having a kid born soo close to Christmas has made it easy to collect these as many people add one to his Birthday gifts:)-and it has been my favorite activity. Blake and I snuggled and read them together (Claire wondered around and joined when she wanted). We all had fun! It was really fun to have buddy read to me for part of the time too!

Blake and Mama getting ready to read! The books we picked:)
Books are FUN!









Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Day 6 continued....

Pine cones (free), + Washable green paint (had) + brushes ($.50)= cute Christmas trees!

20 and 19 days left....Seems soo close!

We cut out snowflakes....Blake helping...





And this little one...


Supplies for our pine cone trees!

I will post the trees on the next post as this one is goofing up when I do it...grr...



Monday, December 5, 2011

Day 3 and 4....

Dad and Blake getting the next clue. Finding the Bible verse to read.
On the train!


Here it comes!

Excited girl and dad. On a walk with the lights. Cheese!



Gel Stickers!

Working together!



This weekend we got to have some fun doing the advent stuff with Dad:) We went on a train ride down at The Landing in Renton (off of exit 5 in Renton)-for $1! The kids loved it and then we walked around and looked at the lights at Gene Coulon Park...by this time the kids and adults were cold-but it was still fun. Then on Sunday the kids got to go see Nana in between church services-they had a BLAST! And my parents did too.

The gel stickers that they put on the windows they loved (Claire thought they were Jello and kept trying to to eat them). And they were cheap ($.50 on clearance-at Fred Meyer).