Holiday Bucket List: Update

Brown paper packages tied up with string....re-using materials around the house? Yes, indeed, my favorite thing.

 Dmitri's Gingerbread House

 We had a gingerbread house decorating party with Dmitri's friends. It was so cute and fun, and so worth the effort.

I hung a wreath - and made a burlap bow to update it a bit (for free using scraps I had).

We watched a Christmas movie: A Charlie Brown Christmas
I haven't seen it in years; and I thought it would be a classic choice. (Especially since Dmitri really enjoyed the Athens Christmas parade that was Charlie Brown-themed.) Uh, let me just say, I don't think that was intended for children. I'm not really sure what age-range it was created for, but I will definitely choose something else next time! I would have enjoyed it if I had watched it by myself. Not so much with a three-year-old. What are your favorite holiday movies for watching with little ones?

I'll post our Christmas photo & letter at the beginning of next week, so I don't ruin it for anyone receiving a hard copy. ; )

Caroline’s Holiday Bucket List

-Make homemade hot cocoa (and it was so easy and delicious, we have made it twice this week!)

-Brown paper packages tied up with string (I think I might try reusing paper grocery bags).

-Make a felt ball garland

-Watch a Christmas movie with the family

-Make a snowman pizza (Damon will love picking the olives off. His favorite!)

-Apple. Cider.

-Hang a star in the window

-Make a Christmas card book for the kids to look through aswe receive cards

-Mail Christmas cards to friends and family

-Hang a holiday wreath

-See Christmas lights!

-Make Gingerbread Houses (I think I'm going to try Rice Crispy Treat houses with my favorite peanut butter & brown rice syrup recipe)

-Sugar cookies. A Christmas tradition. (I use this recipe).

-Paint snowflake art

-Create snow globes with Dmitri (there are a million tutorials on Pinterest)

-Put the very first present under the tree the day we get our Christmas tree  (The book: Mr. Willoughby’s Christmas Tree. That way, we can read it all holiday season long. And it's such a cute book.)

-Hang stockings by the fireplace

-New Christmas pajamas and a special Christmas book: our Christmas Eve tradition

-Cinnamon rolls for breakfast on Christmas morning!

Are you in the full holiday swing?! I still have a few activities I would like to do, but thus far, we are really enjoying this season. Having little ones has only increased my love of Christmas, if that's possible. And I cannot wait to see their faces on Christmas morning.

I'm still scrambling to finish a couple handmade projects. Do I still have time to knit a hat?!
What about you? Are you done with your shopping/gift-making?