There was much anticipation on December 1st as we kicked off the holiday season with the opening of the #1 drawer on the advent calendar. It seems like December can fly by so for the past few years we've been working toward being more intentional with the holidays and making time to create family memories and traditions. The advent calendar has been a huge help. The kids love it and it helps Jason and I figure out what all we are going to do with the kids and put it in our schedules. We didn't do everything we hoped to this year but we had a good excuse with Audrey:) Its fun because this year Willem remembered some of the things we'd done last year and was really excited each day to open the drawer and see what we'd be doing each day. The paper in the #1 drawer said we were going to build a gingerbread house. Many years we have purchased the kit but it has never gotten built. Not this year!!
After much fanfare, we gingerbread newbies learned it takes a day of letting the icing dry before you are supposed to decorate it. Willem was patient though and was just excited to be building the house with Daddy and Audrey.
The next day I helped the kids decorate the house and played guard to the candy. Though some did go missing while I wasn't looking.
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