Mommy Tuesday!

I'm sorry I didn't get to post for Mommy Monday yesterday for lack of a computer. My dad had to do some maintenance on it yesterday. Very frustrating. I'd say it's time for a new one... but I know that's a dream I'm having.

Before I start my rambling, I would like to brag on my sister, Tosha, for just a few seconds. She painted this incredible picture, and I just can't get over what a beautiful job she did. I'm really in love with it! I'm so proud of her! 

I've been wanting to share with everyone what we've been up to this Christmas season, as for family activities. We've done a bunch of things that I've either never done before or it's been a long time since I got to do it. 

We just started to string popcorn last night and that's something I've never done, we're not quite finished yet, but I've always really wanted to do it. It's a long process, but it's so fun and very beautiful on the tree. All worth it in the end!

I handcrafted an ornament, it was just something very quick and easy but I'm quite proud of my tiny tree.

The paper snowflakes are very frustrating for me to do, and at first every one I did fell apart and Matthew laughed at me... But somehow I finally ended up with a decent one. 

We sent a care package to one of my friends that's a soldier in the Army, that's overseas right now. I'm not going to say what all we put in it because he hasn't gotten it yet (we'll save that for another post). I've never been able to send one before, and I thought that was a great way to say thank you and give back for Christmas.

We also sent out our first family Christmas cards!

Last but not least, I was trying to think of a way to give all of my nieces and nephews gifts for Christmas without spending a ton of money. Because it's Levi's first Christmas and his birthday is also coming up in January, and we needed to be reasonable. So thanks to pinterest, I found these cute candy sleighs to make!

These are all great family activities to do with your kids and even though Levi is too small right now, he loves watching us be a little crazy for Christmas!

Happy Mommy Tuesday & Merry Christmas everyone! 
xoxo