To say that we are excited about Christmas (or kristen if you ask gracie) in this house is a HUGE understatement. AND, since my kids have a tendency to bicker and fight when they are bored and/or together for long (or short) amounts of time, I decided to brainstorm a bunch of ideas for activities that we could do to keep them happy. I really do want them to get presents from Santa...and we all feared what the elf was reporting : ). Since I didn't have this light bulb moment until a little over a week before Christmas, coming up with enough activities was easy peasy! First up...painting snow! Which they loved!!!
evan also thought it was hysterical to take aim at me
combining their efforts to make a beautiful masterpiece
on a side note...evan wanted to do green, so when i found some red food coloring, i thought PERFECT...christmas colors. well, evan ran around and sprayed a little here and a little there and didn't focus on one area too much. gracie had red, and she would go from one spot to the next spraying gobs of red water in the snow. you know what red water sprayed in white snow looks like??? by the time she was tired of the activity it looked like at least one small animal had been massacred in our yard. needless to say, i encouraged everyone to run back and forth multiple times to break up some of the red...and i stressed the entire night that the cops were going to show up at my house curious about the significant amount of red splatters in our backyard.
and, now that i gave you that picture...take a moment to look at these pictures because they are much sweeter...
show time! who doesn't love all the great christmas shows on tv right now?? both of my kids are not sad when i have to shower after exercising because they know they get to watch a show! gracie usually doesn't last for more than a handful of minutes, but she is definitely fired up about the idea! this is them watching prep & landing...as you can see evan wants to make sure gracie gets every moment. prep & landing is one of his favorites! and, how adorable are they...both of them got cozied up like this on their own...
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