The kiddos have been enjoying their advent gifts each day–they’ve gotten light up lollipops, hair barrettes, fun post-it notes, little animals that grow in water, those washclothes that come in a little square that transform in the bath, a little sword, nightlights…lots of goodies so far! Funny what a little present will do to motivate them to get up in the morning and get dressed fast!
Grammy came for a visit Monday and was brave enough (or crazy enough) to make a gingerbread house with them. We should have learned from last year that this is an extremely messy and frustrating craft idea. This year, after some chaos (both she and I were breaking a sweat), we got the thing to stay together using a hot glue gun (the most essential tool for any mother of young children). We both breathed a sigh of relief when that was over.
We also made this cool Christmas tree the other day. You add “magic water”–who really knows what that stuff is, probably deadly chemicals…or maybe just plain water but they charge us too much for it by calling it magic–and watch the Christmas tree grow. I admit that I was pretty amazed by it myself.
One more tidbit–a good Ashlyn quote. They recently learned the Batman version of Jingle Bells–why do all mothers hate this version? I mean, it’s really not that bad. It certainly could be worse. Anyway, Ashlyn was convinced that a boy in her class made it up. Right. So, she asked the other day: “Are the words ‘the joker got away’ or ‘the joker plays ballet’?”
And how about this super cute hair clip? Found it with a similar Santa one at Wegman’s for only $4 for the set! So cute!