Burlap Stockings

Here are a couple of pictures from our new Christmas stockings that I made this year. Sewing is not something I feel confident in, but by combining two good tutorials that you can find here and here.

 I was able to come up with something. 

The boys all look the same. 

For the girls I added a little pom pom detail. 

Ornaments and Science Experiments

I am a mother of boys, and I truly love it. They have helped me to loosen up and explore. My little guy loves to do experiments so when I can I like to work those into our week. Over the summer we did several, his favorite was the exploding bag. We went through a lot of baking soda and vinegar. 

Earlier this week he asked me if we could do an experiment and I had found these Borax crystal growing ornaments. They turned out really cute! The boys were amazed at how the crystals formed overnight. We tried adding food coloring to the jars to color the ornaments but once they were dry the color was gone. 

MJ wanted an M.

We made spirals by wrapping around a pencil. 

The spirals are my favorite because they look like icicles.

Grant made a G. 

It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

It has been way too long since I have posted, last time we were busy working in the garden and now we are preparing for Christmas. Last weekend we went on a hunt for our tree. We went with some friends and had so much fun. The kids played in the snow, we hiked to get our tree and had hot chocolate and coffee to warm us up. This was really the best way to start this season, we were blessed by the company of others. 

The tree decorated with white lights and colored lights. Lane thinks most of the ornaments are toys and that the light timer is fun to play with as well. 

Grant enjoying his hot chocolate as we walked. 

MJ always has a sweet smile on his face. 

Lane along for the ride in the back pack carrier. 

Throwing snowballs with friends. 

Micah and I after finding the tree. 

Our Advent Calendar this year.
I found this cute printable here!
I added some cute jingle bells from the dollar store. 

To be honest I haven't added an activity to each envelope yet.
Inside are 2 pieces of paper. One has the Bible verse to read and the other has an activity and a Christmas joke. 

This is the view out of my kitchen window. It is festive with some ornaments strung on fishing line and candles for the holidays.

Hopefully I will post more soon. We will be crafting and baking and if I can remember I'll take a few pictures to share.

Merry Christmas!