Along with the three batches of popcorn, I made sugar cookie dough because somehow all the cookies we made with Auntie Val the previous week had disappeared. Fortunately Auntie Val was coming over again so she happily helped the kids roll out the dough and put sprinkles on them while I barked orders like a drill sargent. I may have frightened myself. I think I was losing the Christmas Spirit...But to be fair, I still needed to tie all the ribbons and package the popcorn so I was a little overwhelmed.
Anywho, back to the Advent Calendar. It was supposed to be dinner at McDonald's Playland, but the day before Bill and I agreed there wasn't really time to do that, so Bill stopped at Michael's on his way home and picked up a Christmas craft. The kids were none the wiser. They got to color little vinyl Santa's. Bill wanted to help them because he said he felt jipped by always being banished to the family room with Brendan. So, I happily snuggled in with him to watch Mickey Mouse before bed.
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| This is pretty much his picture face...I think he thinks if he opens his eyes, the camera will steal his soul... |
Fortunately the kids are loving doing the Christmas crafts, so it was once again a big hit! And after they went to bed, I watched fa la la la lifetime (thank goodness for cheesy Christmas movies) and tied ribbons on 30 bags of popcorn.
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| I bought these cute buckets from Target to hold the popcorn and those are the homemade cards the kids made |
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| inside the bucket--they each held 4 bags of popcorn |
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| My mom made adorable tags for each flavor |
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| Peanut butter crunch, peppermint bark, and cinnamon caramel corn |
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May the Lord bless you for all of you time and effort with these things you are doing and still maintaining some semblence (sp) of grace.
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