Make Sugar Cookies......Check

Must have friends over tomorrow to eat these all up.. Cookies & Caroling. Check.

Recipe here.

Other Advent Activities in case you're out of ideas:
Decorate Tree
Make paper snowflakes
Write Santa Letters
Watch Christmas Movies (every friday)
Toy Purge-Donate toys
Make ornaments
Snowscape (shaving cream on a table)
Write xmas story together
Go to Night in Bethlehem (amazing show put on by our church)
Gingerbread house
At Dinner describe what you love best about each family member(my son informed today that the key word at Christmas is love...SO SWEET.)
Service Project
Caroling (neighborhood)
Make treats for friends
Go Ice Skating
Read Christ Birth Story in the Bible
Read Twas the night before Christmas the night before Christmas
Open presents play eat and go to the Movies.. ◦

Make Sugar Cookies......Check

I hope you have a....

Banners can be found here

I made this banner today for a friend who hosts an annual Egg Hunt Extravaganza. I also took my son to his flag football game, made strawberry Jam with Becca, baked a pie for dinner tomorrow, made dinner for my family tonight, hemmed my son's pants, finished sewing a b-day gift for another friends little girl, assembled my kids Easter Baskets, Finished Isabelle's bow, Ironed tomorrow's clothes and printed my lesson for Gospel Doctrine class. My husband who is always beyond helpful gave the kids baths and took over bedtime stories tonight.

Yesterday we spent the day at the beach and after my husband took our 5 year old son on his first Father-Son campout. He loved it!

and since it was Spring Break this week here are some other things we managed to squeeze in:

Movie night, Day at the park which included a picnic, a football game, and an Egg Hunt. Cookie making, egg dying, a playdate...I'm sure I'm missing something....

I am TIRED! So so tired. But Happy. I love Easter. I love Spring, and I absolutely love every minute spent with my family. ◦

I hope you have a....

Handmade Easter Gifts

Betz White has a tutorial for these adorable cashmere Bunnies--although I think they'd be great with any sweater and/or fabric combination.
This chick is from molly chicken. I want to make an oversize version of this for my little girl's basket.
This is just pretty and reminded me of Spring. I would put several of these on a buffet table, or on an entry table saying Welcome to our nest...hee hee..

Oh and this last idea I don't have a picture of, but I picked up some plain orange fabric to sew into a huge carrot for my kids baskets and fill with Jelly beans and twizzlers ( not a traditional Easter treat but a favorite around here) I'm gonna use some green ribbon to tie around it. I also thought of making mini carrots to hand out to friends kids at our annual Egg Hunt.

Funny Note:I took a Myers Briggs personality test and these are the first few sentences.."Guardians of birthdays, holidays and celebrations, ESFJs are generous entertainers. They enjoy and joyfully observe traditions and are liberal in giving, especially where custom prescribes." Hilarious and so so true.

I'm either an ESFJ my husband who I've always known to be my complete opposite is an ISTP which is literally completely opposite. ◦

Handmade Easter Gifts