December 17-New Christmas P.J.

So today Ryan goes to his dad so it was something short. He got new P.J's and he loves them and he says they feel so soft

and his advent calendar on the 17th is... a bunny

The final countdown to Christmas has began, Christmas shopping is finished and it is time to wrap presents, We are in the home stretch, I am loving it and I feel sad that this will all be over soon.

December 16- Christmas Party and Polar Express

So today was Ryan's Christmas Party. He had a blast, he loves his school so much and I do to. He got tons of loot and had such a great time. I offered to take him back to work with me which he loves to do and he even refused. He was having such a great time. Here are a few pictures of the party.

Today's activity was to read Polar Express. He was super excited when he opened the book and found a CD inside that read the book to you. We snuggled in my bed with my new flannel snowman sheets and relaxed and listened to the book

he likes to make silly faces when you take his picture this is the best i could get

Today on the 16th day he got a cute little stuffed kitty named tux. He loves it

December 15- Ice Skating

So we went ice skating this evening and it was a blast. Ryan loved it!! Not so good but he did way better than I thought he would! He was awesome! He fell about 200 times but he just popped right back up. We also got to ride all the rides for free. So it was fun and can I just say I hate Ferris wheels, They are to tall to scary to much in the air and to fast. My 5 year old loved it and I was closing my eyes and holding on for dear life the whole time, literally not even joking fokes. I never ever want to get on one again until Ryan says he wants to because you know how that works

Here are some great pictures of the night

.Now to the part that made my evening, my dad who has never skated in his life decided to put on my brothers ice skates and go around the rink, check one off for the bucket list for him. It was comical considering my brother had to walk next to him to make sure he didn't fall

They have a great tree there with a ton of lights and

Overall great evening and we will definitely be going back next year!

So on to the advent calendar, He got silly bandz

December 14-Twas the night before Christmas

So since it's Tuesday night, which means it's his dads night we don't get to do a whole lot so I mostly scheduled fun books to read. Tonight he received 'Twas the Night Before Christmas. A personal favorite of mine. He loves everything about Christmas this year, Santa clause, the elves, the reindeer, the tree and the ornaments. In fact I overheard him telling my mom that is what he wanted to get me for Christmas and she said don't you think we need to get her a little something bigger that that and he said ok we can get her 2 ornaments.  That child cracks me up.

His advent calendar today he got tootsie rolls, He loves them :)

December 13- Santa handprint craft

Today we did a Santa hand print craft. You cut it out and hang it on the tree as a ornament. Super easy. They aren't quiet finished still have to draw on eyes and mouth

I think they turned out cute :)

Today Ryan got a skateboard for his 13-day of advent, he was super tired this morning so every time I took his picture he closed his eyes because the flash was so bright. So this is the best picture I got.

December 12-Cinnamon Ornaments

So on Sunday we made cinnamon ornaments, very easy tons of fun. All you need is 3/4c of applesauce and a bottle of ground cinnamon. mix it together roll it out between 2 pieces of plastic wrap. cut out desired shape, make a hole for ribbon and then bake at 200 degrees for 2 1/2 hours cool on wire rack.

The 12th day of the advent was candy smarties to be exact, he loves them

December 11-A lot of fun!!

So Saturday was a lot of fun very busy and very cold. We started out the day by just being lazy and Ryan opening his advent calendar. What did he get in there you ask 2 tickets to the Nutcracker ballet.

So we headed to the ballet and to remind you I am not that familiar with downtown and I ended up going down 2nd street the wrong way but that's ok, we survived. We couldn't take pictures of the ballet no photography so we only got one picture of us together.

After the ballet was over we went home and waited for my parents to pick us up to head out to Adair to go to the Christmas Train. Ryan was so excited. As soon as we got there he hoped on the pony ride

Then he and his papa got on the carousel

Then we took a wagon ride

after going through all the shops we waited in the long cold line for the train

We finally made it to the train, now to tell you the truth I went 6 years ago before they remodeled it and had a blast. You got on the train they told you half the story of the bible and then you went to the north pole then you got on the the train to come back and you heard the rest of the story then they heard you into a room and tell you about how to become a christian. So that was what I was expecting to go to the north poke and I had been talking this up to Ryan like crazy. Well they don't do it that way anymore. You get to shop around town get on the train here the whole story go into a room where you hear a video recording of Willie George's testimony and then you can go back out and shop again. I wish I would have known that because we would have got on the train first thing and then went to get in line for Santa pictures. When we finally got around to Santa pictures the line was an hour wait and it was 9:00 so we left Ryan was a little disappointed and so was I, it didn't seem as magical and Ryan said he didn't even like the train ride. He still had a great time I just wish I would have known they changed a lot of that.

Here is us on the train

 

Then he rode a little kiddie ride and we left. Very tired and very cold.

Overall we had fun, I don't know if I will go next year with Ryan but it is a memory we won't change.