One of our traditions is giving a little gift to some of our neighbors and caroling to them. The boys are starting to actually sing now, so I think we've gotten a little better at it! This year we did grinch cookies with a little poem about letting our hearts grow with the real meaning of Christmas. We sang "Jingle Bells" (cop out I know!). One neighbor lost their cat while we were singing, one asked us who we were (EVERY year she asks that- they live right across the street and we've done this for about 8 years), it was SUPER cold, the Ryan was freaking out about the people owning pets. Needless to say there was a lot of crying and whining- but we completed our task and came home for some hot chocolate.
The kids like to make gifts for their teachers each year. This year I completely forgot about teacher gifts until a couple days before school got out so we had to improvise. I got some fun hot chocolate stuff (including flavoring from the dollar store- hope it tastes good!). Then the boys colored marshmallows with some food markers to make designer marshmallows or snowmen. It turned out great!
Then, of course, I had to make some visiting teaching gifts- hot chocolate on a stick.
And we can't forget Ryan's tutor! This one was fun- I wrapped a diaper box and filled it with food for a family night- soda, pizza toppings, pretzel crust mix I made, cupcake mix and popcorn
Tis the season!
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