12 Days of Christmas - Part 2

Day 5 - Washi Tape Christmas Tree

Day 6 - Straw Christmas Tree (fail so we gave up)

Day 7 - Christmas Carolling at Waitakere Hospital, Lei's and a family in Ranui

At all the places we sang at we started off singing 'Picture a Christmas' as a family and then the YSAs sang Away in a Manger and Silent Night. A cool experience for us as a family

Day 8 - Gingerbread Houses (or should I say 'Nice Biscuit Houses!)

Seth's one

Ella's one

Guess who?!?!?!?

Poor Dilly was over the day by the time we started working on our houses. Not surprising after the sad, sore little time she's had today :(

Daddy Joe's birthday tomorrow.... Yay, Seth's so excited to sing 'Happy Birthday Mine Daddy' at the top of his lungs. And Faith's excited to choose him a good dinner ('Not one you make Mum, one we go and buy!')

12 Days of Christmas - Part 1

This year we're not doing any advent calenders with chocolates or treats. I figure we'll all get enough 'peshel' stuff this season, and since I've got 4 pre-schoolers at home day after day, we need activities that last longer than a lolly.  

Instead, we're doing 12 days of christmas activities. So far we've done 4......

Day 1 - Decorate Envelopes for our christmas letter which we hope to send out on Saturday

Day 2 - Make Christmas Stars for the tree

Day 3 - Colour in Nativity Scene (these are still a work in progress so I don't have a finished pic yet)

I really think Seth might be left-handed!

Day 4 - Christmas Eye Spy and Pohutukawa Flower Cards

The girls loved this activity....and so do I cause it kept them busy for a while and I can re-use it again year after year...win win!

Faith made this card at school and asked if we could do some more at home so we've just made 7 that will be given out with our Christmas Eve nativity characters and treats.

No winter wonderland cards around here....so happy her teacher taught her how to make these cards that really represent a Kiwi Christmas!