christmas shenanigans

christmastime is always full of fun.

we end up doing all sorts of fun activities and it just adds so much joy to the season!

some people might feel overwhelmed at the prospect of keeping up with all the joy, sparkle, and fun of the season but i find that being busy and on the go such a part of the season. don’t get me wrong…i love having slow days and catch up days and days where you don’t have a million places to be but i also try to be smart, efficient, and effective with my time and learn to say no when it’s too much.

with that said, here are a few snippets of some of the fun we had this past december!

G I N G E R B R E A D H O U S E

every year we create a gingerbread house. olive loves to decorate it and ellie likes to eat all the candies. LOL next year, i am going to try to create my own from scratch. well not from scratch scratch but i saw, this past season, a house made from graham crackers and all the fun trimmings and i think i might try that next year! i’ve gotten the same house for olive a couple years in a row and i am hoping to find a different one for her to make next year!

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gingerbread trimmings
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this pretty much sums up all our projects. olive working hard and ellie watching and eating candy. LOL
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olive very cautiously putting on the candies
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my sweeties
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S A N T A

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in awe over mr. and mrs. claus
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I always say 4 is the magic number when it comes to santa!
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the sweetest letter that olive wrote to santa. i asked her what she wanted from santa and she said this. be still my heart.

D R I V E I N T H E A T R E

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Z O O L I G H T S

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a fun rainbow globe of lights
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having fun in the rainbow globe of lights
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having a blast with val
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C O O K I E D E C O R A T I N G

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excited to decorate!
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R A N D O M S H E N A N I G A N S

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painting animlas
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she cracks me up. showing off to me how focused she is.
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ellie working hard on her gorilla
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home baked cookies for the neighbors
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home from school, ugly sweater day, and ready for winter break!
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xoxo

cravings

cookie craving.

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[sprinkle delight]

i was shopping at the grocery store when i stumbled upon these cookies.  i haven’t eaten them in a long time and just had to have them!  i bought the box {amongst other healthy items, ahem}, drove home, and devoured quite a few.  yup.  so worth it.  so yummy.  the cookie literally crumbled.

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[yum]

i was satisfied.  and dunzo.  it was so good in the moment but then i felt not so good…oops!  my tummy hurt!  hee.

sometimes ya just gotta succumb to the cravings!  even when it’s a little bit exorbitant!

xoxo