I am here!

What a busy month! I can not believe how fast this year has gone, it is just a total blur! I haven't had a chance to blog at all! What I have been doing is organising my 30th (which was a great nite), trying to get handmade gifts for christmas done, and just being a working mumma. Gosh, it is full on!

I made the kids an Activity Advent calender this year rather then filling it with sugar. There were a few days where I didn't have an activity so they got a treat but here are a few of the things we have done:

• Put up the Christmas tree
• Donated toys to the Sallies
• Went to the Temple Christmas lights
• Made and decorated Christmas cookies
• Shared the cookies with school friends
• Make cards
• Go to Farmers and choose a decoration (they will get there own box for the decorations and build up a collection)
• Take a Christmassy family photo 
• Drop a present to a neighbour
• Make Glittery playdough
• Go to Trees at Meteor
• Drive around Harrowfield (neighborhood that gets right into Christmas)
• Watch a Xmas movie
• Read Xmassy books
• Write a letter to Santa
• Put out snacks for Santa 
• Open a present on Christmas eve

What Christmas traditions have you started up for your family?

Right! I have to get in the kitchen and finish making presents!

PS. Mum and Dad are in Wellington getting the house packed up ready for the big move north! Exciting!