We are having so much fun and the Christmas spirit is in abundance throughout our house.
Through all of the fun and antics around here, it's Wednesday evenings when we meet as a family in front of the nativity for the rosary, or each night when we sit down to dinner and Gracie lights the advent wreath that means the most to me. It is a special time that we all cherish.
Thank you Heavenly Father for loving us. Please be with us and open our hearts during this time of advent as we await the coming of the gift of your Son, Jesus Christ.
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| Matt and I woke Saturday morning to giggles and calls from Lily Grace that she was trapped. Bob attempted to block the stair platform with a Christmas tree made from plastic cups and crepe paper strewn about. |
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| Apparently upstairs got a little decorative treatment as well. Balloons trailed from Lily Grace's room down the stairs. |
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| Like last year, she tried to crawl under the paper to avoid breaking it so it could stay up for the day. |
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| Once downstairs, she was greeted with Bob Elf and a table full of goodies. |
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| Reading her letters. Bob had her break codes and find coins around the house in order to win the goodies he had brought. |
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| She got right to work cracking the clues. She and daddy searched for coins to fill her pouch. |
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| Her final clue..she solved it in 32 seconds |
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| Bob brought her favorite donuts for breakfast. |
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| He also brought her a new game called, Codenames. He got a little crazy with the tape and we had to get out the scissors. |
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| This is where we spent the majority of the day Saturday after waking up to Bob. We spent the day staying warm and playing Codenames. We love family games. |
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| Gracie threw all of those balloons downstairs and these two couldn't resist trying to hit each other. |
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| Molly was afraid of the crepe paper so we spent the day laughing at her trying to get around it. |
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| And in true form, she sprinted through the crepe paper on Saturday night on her way upstairs to bed. |
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| Sunday morning brought more goodies from Bob. He left us a new gingerbread house kit and Gracie some much needed new pjs. |
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| Sunday after church, while the snow fell fast and hard, we all contributed to the gingerbread house. Gracie Cakes did most of the decorating though. |
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| We think this is our best house yet! |
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| Gracie also spent Sunday afternoon doing some Christmas decorating her in room. According to her, she had to get the spirit flowing up there. It is definitely festive. Matt and I loved watching her decorate and laugh the afternoon away. |
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| Pink Christmas lights and blue sequin fish around the bulletin board..just what every room needs. |
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| Vanity of snow globes and of course her nativity. |
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| I'd say the Christmas spirit is flowing in here now. She talked her daddy into a pink LED light at Lowe's earlier in the afternoon and oh yes!!! It is certainly colorful and PINK. So much so that it makes the turquoise walls look purple when her lamp is on. True Gracie style! I love it! |
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| It seems that Sunday night Bob had a slumber party in the basement and we woke to this mess on the Ping Pong table along with swirling disco ball lights. |
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| He also brought Gracie some more pjs and a new robe. All we could do was really look at this scene. Too funny! |
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| My two favorite Advent traditions, lighting the Advent wreath to begin our dinners together as a family and... |
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| sitting as a family before the Holy Family for the rosary on Wednesday evenings. |
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