It came earlier than expected!
Our first real snow this year!
We were just coming out of Stake Conference in Cherry Hill, NJ
and it was already inches deep, and really coming down.
The normally 40 minute car ride turned into a 3 hour adventure.
Thankfully, I hadn't cleaned out the van the day before,
and we were able to find fruit snacks, chips and unopened sodas to snack on.
We did eventually end up eating snow,
but the kids were troopers, and we made it home happily and in one piece.
Two days later, after the roads improved,
I went to the store to buy all 3 kids new boots
and snowpants
Caleb throwing a snowball at me
Ashlynn eating snow
Our Snowman :)
Well, we've been so busy this month already!
Here are some other things we've been up to...
We picked out a tree the day after Thanksgiving
We decorated it the same day
The two big kids were such a help!
I love how it reflects in the bay window!
So Pretty!
The kids wanted their own trees,
so my mom found these foil ones at the Dollar Tree
I made paper angel toppers,
and the kids used buttons and paperclips for ornaments
We started our countdown to Christmas-
(this year it's our countdown to seeing Daddy again too!)
My Brother and his wife both work at Chick-fil-a
They had a special family event, so we went
It was on a Saturday morning,
we got free waffles and hot cocoa
We also got cow hats, and two Crafts!
Then there was the cow and Santa to take pics with...
and Santa gave everyone a Chick-fil-a Cow
We had such a good time!
Here is one of the crafts, a gingerbread house ornament.
The kids got to decorate the inside
The other craft was a mug you could decorate...
somehow I don't have any pics of that one :/
The other morning we were out of cereal,
which is everyone's favorite, so I decided to make pancakes.
I love making them "special"
so I ended up making Christmas trees, with chocolate chip "ornaments"
the kids had a lot of fun decorating/ eating them
Here are our footprint/handprint Rudolfs
I think they turned out pretty cute
We're not done getting ready for Christmas yet!
Check back in a while for more December fun :)
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