{dec 4}

Little Bit has a love of crafting {just like her mom ;)} so she was super excited about the activity for day 4...."make ornaments and hang them on the tree".

I had bought a pack of glitter foam owl ornaments on clearance after last Christmas, so she put those together. Then she put together a foam penguin ornament, beaded 2 candy canes, and made a paper Christmas tree!

She was so excited to show off her creations to Daddy and then find the perfect spots for them on our tree.

{dec 3}

So today's advent activity was...."watch a Christmas parade"! We all bundled up in our hats and gloves and headed downtown Springfield to watch the annual Christmas parade. {Luckily it wasn't as cold as it has been in previous years.}

Little Bit was SO excited and couldn't wait for the parade to start!

She kept saying, "this is the best parade ever"! Really, I think she was just excited to get candy. ;) And good candy it was...skittles, starburst, twizzlers, dum dums and even a snickers!

And you can't end a Christmas parade without waves from Santa!

It made me smile seeing how happy she was watching the parade. I just love fun activities for the whole family!

{dec 2}

Well Little Bit was just as eager to get her card from the advent calendar this morning as she was yesterday. She was up before me...picking the card out....and in my bed asking what it said! I am SO glad that she is SO excited about the holidays and our little daily activities. I love the joy that she has!

Today she got to do 2 things...

One was planned and written on the card....watch a movie and eat popcorn! She loved this...anytime she gets popcorn is a highlight in her book! ;) The hubs stopped at Redbox and got The Smurf Movie for us to watch together.

The other was a surprise I threw in for the day. I got an email from Build A Bear for a free animal, so I decided that would be a great activity to add in. I didn't tell her until we got to the mall, just said I had a surprise for her. It was so cute because she kept trying to guess what it was.

She was super excited and so grateful to get to choose an animal to stuff and take home. Miss Bunny has now been attached to her since we got it!

{foto} friday...

I'm linking up with Jeannette again over at Life Rearranged for her InstaFriday feature. Here is my {retro} week...

The tree has been up since before Thanksgiving, the shopping is done and more than half of the gifts are wrapped! I love being able to sit back and enjoy the month of December!

Crafting with Aunt Gabby after the Thanksgiving feast!


A much needed break after Black Friday shopping with my mom and sis!


Popping bubble wrap....who doesn't love it really?! ;) Little Bit even danced on it to pop some!


Target clearance score!!! I actually tried these boots on in tan on Black Friday and passed them up for 29.99. Then this week I found this dark brown pair on clearance for 7 bucks! They were an online purchase return...and just my size!


And speaking of retro pics....I have been wanting to print some and get the 4x4 size, but I don't want to pay alot for each print. Well I found this tutorial on using Picasa to get them to where they will print as 4x6 with a border on 2 sides and then you can trim to 4x4. I can't wait to try it out!