2014 Christmas Advent

I'm really late getting this out. Here is our family's little bit of fun for Christmas time.  We like to do a lot of things to keep the real meaning of Christmas in mind and some of them are just for fun! I also make sure that I have our family's calendar around when I plan these so that it doesn't feel like a burden to get it in.  After all, it is supposed to be for fun!

1. Christmas count down calendar and Christmas Pajamas
2. Christmas t-shirt and make Christmas shaped chocolates
3. Decorate foam penguins
4. The Little Drummer Boy Veggie Tales DVD and Color Wonder sheets
5. Christmas tee
6. Make Reindeer Food
7. Christmas Pajamas
8. Go see Christmas Lights
9. Put up the Christmas Tree and sleep under it
10. Thomas the Train and Barbie Christmas DVDs
11. Giant Felt Tree on the wall
12. Paint ornaments
13. Wooly Willy pictures
14. Foam Snowmen
15. Gingerbread Houses
16. Velvet Coloring pictures
17. Perler Bead pictures
18. Make Christmas cards for hospital patients
19. Decorate Cookies
20. Merry Larry and the True Light of Christmas Veggie Tales and Color Wonder sheets
21. Color Nativity scenes
22. Paint Christmas tree canvases
23. Home Alone 1 & 2 and make Christmas Light candy necklaces
24. Make Birthday Cakes for Jesus (we actually eat cake and ice cream for lunch on Christmas!)
25. Matching Pajama pants that we wear practically all day long!

Because I have a lot of people that now make it as well here is our random reindeer food recipe from day 6. The idea was to look Christmas-y in color while also looking something like Kibbles and Bits!

1-box of plain Captain Crunch
1-bag of Christmas M&M's (we usually use plain but I may try peanut butter ones this year)
1-container of Honey Roasted Peanuts
1-bag of mini marshmallows
1-bag of pretzel balls (I can usually only find these at wal-mart and not even all of them at that)
1or 2- bags of Craisins- my kids love them so I do two