Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Buddy the Elf Advent Days 1 to 5 - Stockyards parade and the crazy house

Our Buddy the Elf Advent tradition continues.
Buddy comes on December 1 and brings a family activity and a scripture each day.
Our kids love finding him each day and it brings some structure, excitement and focus to our holy holiday season.

Day 1 - Read the Elf Story and Watch the Movie
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Day 2 - Christmas at the Stockyards
 Dec 2017 - part 1
We went with the Nordells to watch the Christmas parade at the stockyards.
 The kids got to write letters to soldiers, eat food truck food, explore the stockyards and watch the parade.
 It was our first time to do this but was SO fun.
 I totally hope to do this again.
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Day 3 - Texas Night Before Christmas and Crazy House Lights
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Just the first of many times we drive through these lights at Christmastime.
Such a treasure to have close by.
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Another night we went with playgroup where we load up in the back of trucks with hot chocolate and all go together. Dec 2017 - part 2 Dec 2017 - part 2

Day 4 - Build a Gingerbread House 
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Day 5 - Christmas Song sing-a-long and dance party
 Dec 2017 - part 2We did this at Minnie & Alex & Cannon's house and it was a hit all around!Dec 2017 - part 2 Love those crazy kids so much.

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