Day 17 - Color a Christmas Picture

Not a very exciting activity for today, but it was nice to have something simple for the kids to do among all the craziness!

Day 16 - Take a Christmas Photo

Day 15 - Read the Story of the Birth of Jesus

Today we had the Shreiner family Christmas gathering and Brie was kind enough to read the story of Jesus' birth to us.  Uncle Nate was right there to help with all those big words that are in the Bible.

Day 14 - Drive Around to Look at Christmas Lights

Day 13 - Make Cookie Cutter Mini Pizzas

These didn't turn out quite as nice as I had hoped, but the kids still loved them!

Brie's plate - they are supposed to be a Santa head & a snowman

Brady's plate

Day 12 - Open a Surprise Present

I actually had something else planned for today, however with the week turning out to be so busy I came up with a different plan last night when I was at Target.  So I picked up a new shirt for each of them and wrapped them up.  The kids were pretty surprised to actually be receiving a gift today.

Day 11 - Make the House Smell Like Christmas

I found this "recipe" on Pinterest.  It really did make the house smell good.  And the best part is I can let it sit on my stove and just heat it up again whenever I want the house to smell good again.

1 orange
1/2 cup cranberries
1 Tablespoon whole cloves
2 cinnamon sticks
sprinkle of nutmeg

Add water and simmer on stove.