"Enjoy the special moments that winter brings with your children!"
I thought I would show a few pictures of what we've been up to this winter season already.
On the weekends my kids get pretty restless without my daycare kids around. Kristofer always asks, "My friends coming over today?" I have to say, "No, not on the weekend. We'll see them in a couple days on Monday!"
It takes some effort to keep them occupied and not fighting, but here are a few things we've been doing to keep busy!
Christmas cookies! I will always remember making Christmas cookies with my mom. I do have to admit I'm not a fan of how they taste, but the kids love them! We practiced "giving" this season by picking out cookies to give to their Uncle and his roommates!
We have also put up our Christmas tree and Nativity Scene. I love how Kristofer is at the perfect age for remembering traditions and understanding the meaning of Christmas. He was pretty hyped up about Santa and gifts and then I reminded him that it has to be Jesus' birthday party first. So he's excited about making a cake for Jesus!
Today was perfect for making our first snowman! We've been outside the past few weeks and Kristofer would get snow in his gloves and say, "It doesn't make a snowball!" Finally today it got warm enough to melt and here is our Mr. Snowman. I did most of the work as Kristofer was eating the snow, but he had fun putting the arms and face on him. And being pregnant I probably shouldn't have lifted that middle on the snowman, but Sunny was working and we had to get him done!
The kids love it outside and it brings back so many memories growing up on the farm in the winter. We would walk down the ditches to our creek and sled down the fields for hours. My parents sure trusted us!
And I end with a craft I found on another blog (I think "steadymom" - sorry about that and I don't know how to turn pictures...)
The kids enjoyed getting their foot tickled with white paint and gluing on all the pieces. I usually like crafts more hands-on for the kids, this was definitely a craft more for me since I had to do the cutting, but they were so cute I just had to. I'm planning on putting them in a frame and either giving them as a present or hanging them up in our house!
Merry Christmas to all and keep enjoying those memorable moments with your kids!
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