Archive for December, 2014

December 31st: Happy New Year!

Wednesday, December 31st, 2014

December 31st: Happy New Year!

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We had such a great day because Eric was home all day! It was lovely. We took down the Christmas ornaments and turned our tree into a New Years Tree. (Next we change it into a Maia’s birthday party tree 😉 The kids had fun filling their own ornament tubs with the ornaments they made themselves and the ones with pictures of them, or just ones they wanted to get to hang next year. Serenity wanted to do a craft, so I directed her to a list of ideas I’d been considering and she chose making a 2015 banner. We each took a number and made it fancy with paint, markers, gems and glitter. It turned out fun! And maybe it will help me remember what year it is =) I also worked on the lace crowns for Maia’s party, and the kids were still in a crafty mood so they helped me. I don’t know why I make crowns for a baby that will almost certainly pull it right off her head, what can I say, they are so pretty I couldn’t resist!

 

We picked up our glass from the glass studio, and it turned out so pretty!

 

We celebrated by taking a glow bath (Bathtime with glowsticks and bubbles, such fun!) Then we did a little countdown on the computer, and drank some apple juice. Serenity wanted to pray before the apple juice to have a nice start to the new year. We toasted with our juice (Maia’s cup was empty, and she took mine too so it’s a good thing I hadn’t served myself any juice yet. =) The kids thoroughly enjoyed their juice, and after Maia headed up to bed, we watched the King Julien countdown from Netflix.

December 30th: Movies!

Tuesday, December 30th, 2014

December 30th: Just one more day! =) I lose a little blogging steam by the end of December, but I’m always glad I did this. Today I got to go to a movie with my Mom, Jen, and Serenity! We saw Annie. It was fun, although mostly it made me really want to watch the original. I love musicals! Serenity’s favorite part was when they sang while cleaning “the Hard Knock Life.” And she said she’d watch the original with me as we skipped away from the theater, so I’d say it was good.

Annie!

Annie!

Maia loves this bunny from Abbey =)

Maia loves this bunny from Abbey =)

Maia climbed into this box... it was a tight squeeze =)

Maia climbed into this box… it was a tight squeeze =)

December 29th: Cleaning and a Scavenger Hunt

Monday, December 29th, 2014

December 29th: Cleaning and a Scavenger Hunt

Today I rolled the dice (because that’s how I motivate myself to get stuff done) and it said it was time to clean the kitchen. Really cleaning the kitchen means I have to finish up all the projects and activities I leave strewn around the counters. So I finally tied ribbons onto the salt dough ornaments and got them on the trees, and I started stiffening lace for a project for Maia’s party. Serenity got to rinse off her crystals and view the finished project, which was a blast! And I finally used the super glue to put together Eric’s trophy. His dad had taken apart all the trophies he didn’t want to save and he gave me all the plates that said what they are for, plus one baseball guy and one chess piece topper. I combined them all into one trophy. The kids hid it and we made a scavenger hunt for Daddy to find it, which he said was the best ever. It was a serious challenge because the kids wrote or drew them themselves. Except that they couldn’t resist giving hints on a few =) Besides that we just played and had a relaxing day at home. We got baths, played Forbidden Desert, and I sorted out some more stuff to donate. Finally getting rid of the pumping stuff I hardly used! Means my pantry is beautiful again, as it had been a little overfull with the tub of bottles etc.

The kids are highly amused here because the clue was "Movie" (written entirely by Donovan) but Daddy is looking by the dvds instead of by the GoldieBlox Movie.  Lol =)

The kids are highly amused here because the clue was “Movie” (written entirely by Donovan) but Daddy is looking by the dvds instead of by the GoldieBlox Movie. Lol =)

He found the trophy!

He found the trophy!

Spiky crystals =)  She got two different chemicals, and one made the spiky crystals and one made the frosty diamond crystals

Spiky crystals =) She got two different chemicals, and one made the spiky crystals and one made the frosty diamond crystals

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