christmas crafts

Oh the crafts of the year! There was so much I wanted to do this year! With the boys being 3 and 4, they are on their way to being able to understand and digest Jesus so much more. I had this amazing Advent calendar planned out in my head. I'd make it (only have about 10 envelopes sewn), then stuff it with wonderfulness....

By wonderfulness, I mean with daily Bible verses to read with a small lesson teaching about why we need Jesus, why we have the Bible, why Jesus was born, and so on. Then we'd have a daily activity. Sometimes it would be a craft, sometimes it would be a new game, sometimes hot chocolate and a movie, sometimes helping another family out.

Then life happened. I didn't get the calendar done. I didn't get the Bible verses printed out. I was and am pretty bummed about the fact that I couldn't pull it all together. Bryan tells me that I need to give myself a break. After all, we just moved in at the beginning of the month and have had lots of family fun since being here. Really though, how much longer am I going to use that excuse? Oh... A LOT LONGER!

So, to make up for my lack of pulling everything together, we did crafts whenever we could cram them in!

The boys decorated their window with snowflakes & snowmen

 They colored snowflakes

Isaiah was very proud of his (Elias did not want to pose for a picture)

I was very proud of how he wrote his name all by himself

 We made a gingerbread train

 I love Elias' expression here

My boys

 Miss Rae was our biggest fan while we worked

 And the final product complete with silly faces

The boys decorated trees with glitter and paper ornaments

We also made nativity scenes

 This was definitely a favorite...we'll be making this one a tradition

 And oh my goodness. My favorites. 

I will be cherishing these ornaments forever.