Wednesday, December 17, 2008

starting traditions

we're in full holiday spirit around here. christmas music, christmas cookies, crafts (oh the crafts), discovering the meaning of solstice, and santa. the kids have been sugared-up pretty much every day.

this year i made an advent stocking garland (see picture below) for the kids. i didn't decide to do this until november, and had to whip up the 24 mini stocking pretty quick. if i had taken longer to do them i think some of them would have turned out cuter and i wouldn't have gotten so bored. anyway, the kids, or i should say kai loves it! each day there's something little in there for them, or a note of something we'll do that day. this morning there was a note leading kai to a big ball of green glitter playdough i made last night. i'm pretty sure andy is tired of this because kai wakes up about 5am to see what's in the stocking. i owe andy about 4 yrs of early wake ups with kai. early mornings and me don't mix so well. i'm grumpy. so thank you daddy!


anyway, we're leaving for south carolina in a few days and we have two parties to host this week so this may be the last post until after the holidays.

so .... merry solstice, hanukkah, christmas, new year, and whatever holiday your family may celebrate. peace.

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