ADVENT!!!

Advent is my favorite time of year! We can’t do all the traditions this year because of covid, but there’s still plenty left to enjoy. 

Each boy goes to Dollar Tree with me and picks out gifts for others. Then they have fun wrapping them up!

Lewis had fun decorating, um...his brother. 

The Christmas cookie set is always a favorite!

The boys work hard cleaning their rooms, and then we have fun decorating them. Both rooms have mini Christmas trees during Advent instead of night lights. 

I found everyone Christmas sheets this year! They are so dang cute and festive. 

Donuts with dad was especially exciting on the first Sunday of Advent!
We set up a toy shop and wrapping station for fun. It wasn’t as exciting as I had hoped, but we had fun for an hour or so. 





The house is looking Christmasy!





Logan’s team got together for toasts as usual. It was sad for me not to be able to host this year, but I FaceTimed in after the boys were in bed. 

Toddlers in Christmas jammies. I just love Christmas jammies!

Levi likes to study the angles. 

He also found the perfect parking garage for his trucks. 

We’re enjoying all the Christmas cards in our mailbox!

Elias and Grandma baked pretend cookies together. 

And our play kitchen is looking festive!



We baked some real cookies too. The boys decided it was more fun to decorate one a day after dinner, so that’s what we’re doing this year. 



My friend Kim was super fun and let me wrap all her gifts like this!

Here’s Elias being a Christmas tree in the sensory sock.



There’s nothing like a friend who knows you’re finally off your diet after two years, so she brings you a really super delicious Christmasy treat!

The best Covid Christmas gift I can think of for friends is a hot cocoa kit. You can sit outside under your heater or by your fire pit and sip cocoa together at a distance.