School is out for the year.
I am not sure if I am more excited about this or the kids. I love the fact that we don't have to worry about bed times and wake-ups, making lunches and finishing homework, or piano lessons and wrestling meets.
And I love the holiday season. "It's the most wonderful time...of the year."
All of the kids love the routine we have around here during the month of December. Opening the Lego Advent calendar, opening the family advent calendar, lighting the dinner candles (AND blowing them out). Thank goodness we have an even number of kids; this means every kid gets the same number of calendar-opens and candle-lights.
Oh yes...and searching for the Elf. They LIVE for finding that guy. Well, at least two kiddos still can't wait to find him.
I love that even Will gets excited about the activities we do. Some evenings the activities have to be quick. As-in less than fifteen minutes quick, because sometimes that is all the time we have together as a family before it is bathtime/storytime/bedtime.
He was just as excited about the painting-the-ornament activity as the girls. You know the kind of ornaments that are bought from Michael's for $2.00 that only come with three random colors of nearly dried up paint? Oh yes. He fought with his baby sister about getting the lovely snowflake over the ugly elf.
On gingerbread house night there was no fighting this year. They were all exactly the same.
A little background...Making gingerbread houses ranks right up with carving pumpkins in my book. I can never get the house frames to actually stick together. Frosting gets everywhere. There is never quite enough candy included in the kit.
Decorating houses generally invokes a lot of tears. Mine.
I cheated on the gingerbread houses this year. When I saw that Rice Krispies had their own 'gingerbread' kits I couldn't believe my eyes.
Best. Idea. Ever.
They enjoyed doing them and they turned out cute...
Then, they actually wanted to eat them!
We may try the train next year!
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