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As we get closer to Christmas, the more focused we are on doing fun, holiday activities. The remaining bucket list items are shrinking each day, and yes, it's stressful for me, but I'm hopeful that my family is able to enjoy the moments, and will remember the memories that we're making during these busy times!

Let's catch you up on the Adventures of George...

Day 6: December 5
"Go, Santa, Go!"


Day 7: December 6
"Wanna play cards?"


Day 8: December 7
"Tetherball Champion"
also...neither kid knew what tetherball was, so that was fun to explain...


Day 9: December 8
Hanging out in the floatie...we used the "magical glove" to move George onto the floatie, after we determined he wasn't going to sink!



Day 10: December 9
"Up, Up, and Away!"
(hard to tell, but George is hanging from a candy cane balloon)



Day 11: December 10
"Let's shuffle"
Another game that I still don't know how to explain to the kids...but this is a cute little set that they can actually play with!


Day 12: December 11
"Let's bake cookies!"


And we do like to follow George's suggestions, as long as it's not random games to play. So...we baked cookies on Saturday with Grandma Karen. We've had this tradition for the last several years (but we had to skip 2020, obviously), so it was nice to re-start this. Usually my mom makes/bakes the sugar cookies, but this year, we decided to let someone else do the work, and I picked up a sugar cookie set from a local baker. It was super easy, and I like supporting my neighbors! 



Clockwise, L-R: Sugar cookies, chocolate peppermint kisses, fudge, gooey butter cookies...so good!


And just in case we didn't have enough sweets...I also picked up Gingerbread Men decorating kits, and on Wednesday after school, the kids and I each decorated a fancy, gingerbread man. So, between these and the new Christmas cookies we made on Saturday, we're going to be eating sweets for a really long time! AND, we also received some amazing black & white cookies from my Aunt Steph, so yet another tasty goodie to enjoy!



This one is mine!




Our town in Minnesota received 18" of snow in the last 30 hours, and we were ready for it! Scott picked up his plow and helped plow out several driveways for people. He's so generous with his time, and people really appreciate how much it helps them with this back-breaking work.

Before the snow...


On Friday night, G and I headed over to a neighbor's house, and we had a pizza party for the moms and kids. The snow was coming down so hard, but it was nice to be able to just walk to a friends house and hang out, while we all had a chance to catch up. Everyone had a blast! G couldn't wait to get up and play in the snow, so on Saturday morning, he went outside almost before the sun came up. 

Ava met up with a bunch of friends on Saturday afternoon and went sledding...we love how she's getting out and doing fun stuff with friends this year!


We took a break from decorating Christmas cookies and enjoyed Santa coming through our neighborhood on a fire truck. Fun!



And just in case we didn't squeeze in enough fun things this week...check these out!

Second week of advent is wrapping up...we're getting closer!


Ava earned her THIRD gold belt stripe on Thursday night...so awesome!


Yes, G still does TKD, too...he just doesn't practice as much as Ava does, so he isn't progressing as fast.


Both kids received their letters from Santa on Friday morning...G was so excited to see that Santa knew how much he loves Waddles the Pig from Gravity Falls!


Party Llama is happy to help me with laundry, but G is not!


I think we're all going to be super tired tonight (Saturday), so we are going to take it easy and chill. G has a birthday party to attend on Sunday afternoon so it'll be a little chaos, but another few hours of fun!

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