I love the month of December. We continued our fun tradition of doing a daily countdown item together. Mostly, there's one picture from each day though there are a few exceptions.
Day 1: Game Night where we played the new games Mia got for her birthday - Monopoly Jr and Life Jr.
Day 2: The girls learned a few Christmas jokes to tell to the Hurst family. They recently welcomed baby Audrey to their family, so we provided a meal to them and spent a few minutes together.
Day 3: Change of plans. We were planning on going to see the lights at Life University, but an ear infection in Lily and a trip to the doctor sidelined that. Instead, the girls did a few fun activity pages out of this book.
Day 4: The girls and I went to our neighborhood gingerbread house decorating party. It was great! Another mom made the houses and all the kids decorated; they loved it!
Day 5: We went to see Pan at the dollar theater; we were thrilled that Parker and Macey were able to join us. We then played at East Cobb Park together and then met Brian and Jill for dinner. Great evening!
Day 6: A trampoline show in the backyard
Day 7: Christmas Lego mini sets!
Day 8: Reading The Crippled Lamb together
Day 9: Charity day - We used the World Vision gift catalog. The girls used their own money to support some great causes. Lily helped provide a wheelchair to a needy child while Mia supported sending a girl to school and providing a donkey to a family. Love when their generous spirit comes out!
Day 10: Mad Libs in the car on the way to Columbia, SC.
Day 11: Ryan's graduation at Columbia International University!
Day 12: A morning at Islands of Adventure's Suessland and an evening at Hollywood Studios.
Day 13: A fun day at Magic Kingdom
Day 14: Part of the day at Animal Kingdom and part of the day at the Grand Floridian's pool
Day 15: Stonehaven's Christmas program
Day 16: So we told the girls our activity was a "special breakfast" before school of McDonald's at home.
In reality, our countdown item was actually welcoming a new dog, Decker, into our family!
Day 17: We had fun buying Decker some new toys at PetSmart.
Day 18: Fun dessert (make your own sundae) and movie watching (Maleficent)
Day 19: Bama's Christmas party. We were so glad Liz, Kendall, John, Caroline, Josh and Amy came over for Saturday and Sunday; what a great time.
Day 20: Meme's Christmas party which is always fun and delicious.
Day 21: I took the girls roller skating at Sparkles which they always love. They had even more fun when they saw their friends, the Crowley family, were also there.
Day 22: A girly lunch at Swan House
Day 23: We made cookies for the firemen. Mia and I made shortbread cookies while Lily and I attempted to make fudge. It didn't set like we anticipated so it became a delicious ice cream topping instead.
Day 24: Christmas Eve! We switched things up a little this year and did my family brunch gathering today instead of on Christmas Day. I hosted this year which I loved. This was such a fun time together.
Around mid-afternoon, we delivered the cookies, fudge and ice cream (bought to go with the fudge) to our local fire station. We are so thankful for the individuals who work over Christmas to keep our community safe.
We ended the evening with the girls getting their new pajamas which will keep them toasty throughout winter. They were excited to get to have a sleepover together in our guest room downstairs.
It was another wonderful Christmas countdown this December. I love this tradition!
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