Thursday, December 13, 2012

Day 7 & 8: Pictures & a Birthday Tea!

Day 7: I'm not gonna lie...it's tough doing something every single day for the 25 Days of Christmas. And on this day, our plans actually changed. Although we may have had hot chocolate for breakfast, family pictures were on the agenda for today. BUT we heard about a great deal from a friend where a local church was taking FREE Family Photos for Active Duty and Retired military. Now Seth being neither of those, I had to email and ask if we could be a part of the event, and luckily, they said YES! So this 7th Day of Christmas activity, did not actually take place until Day 8!

So here's a sneak peek at what our Christmas card will look like...


 Me & my love - 7+ years together! :)

 Suri didn't really smile for any of them, but she still looks cute! And of course our lil Sof is pretty in pink!

Suri's Birthday Tea Party

Suri received a super cute Disney Princess Tea Set from her Gram that looked just like Mrs. Potts from Beauty and the Beast. So we decided to invite three of her little friends over for a birthday tea party! It was lots of fun and the girls had a great time hanging out with each other and playing! These have basically been Suri's friends since she was 6 months old - so we'll be very sad to say good-bye to them in a few days! But before I get all weepy, take a look at all the Princess fun!

 Our door sign...Be our Guest!

 Princess decorations galore!

 dance, dance!

 Kaitlyn, Megyn, Imani, Sofia & the birthday girl, Suri!

 decorating their princess crowns and wands!

 how cute are these princesses?!

 time for tea!

 Suri got a set of princess heels and a My First Disney Princess Cinderella doll

 cupcakes & cake pops!

 YUM!

 Daddy opened up her doll & she was so excited! * Gram helped make awesome favor bags & each girl got a plush doll of their favorite princess! Suri got another Cinderella :)

 puzzles & a bag filled with Princess goodies!

It was a truly special birthday for our little Princess & we're so happy that she had a wonderful time with her friends!


Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Day 6: Christmas Lights

Day 6: We went to visit the popular Garrison St. Christmas lights in San Diego. Last year we drove through, but this year we got out and it was a lot more fun! The houses go all out decorating & it's beautiful and amazing! Suri loved pointing out all of the Santa Clauses and Mickey Mouses. It was a perfect night!

 Garrison St. all lit up

 me & my girls

 Suri was scared of the big Mickey, but Sof & I took a pic w/ him :)

 Sofia & Daddy with the big Santa

Suri was scared of  all the big blow up decorations, so we had to take her pic away from them; but she really did love to see all the lights!
We had lots of fun & it helped us get in the Christmas spirit!

Day 5: Ornaments

Day 5: Seth couldn't believe what I was attempting to do with a 2 year old...
Salt dough ornaments! HA! It actually wasn't too frustrating, just messy, but that's what makes it fun :)






 
Unfortunately, they cracked a little bit - but here are our two favorites! :)


Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Day Three & Four: 25 Days of Christmas

Cinnamon Roll Christmas Tree & Felt Christmas Tree Craft


Day 3: Suri's friends came over to play for a couple hours, so they got to participate in our Christmas activities for the day. That included a cinnamon roll Christmas tree for breakfast and then the girls made individual felt trees that they could decorate over and over again. 
 



 Seth had his hands full!

Day 4: The next day Suri got to decorate her BIG felt tree!


Daddy got in on the fun too!

Day Two

Create a paper chain: Countdown to Christmas

 Suri snagged it from Sofia who was...

  ...pretty much eating it! Lol







25 Days of Christmas: Day One

Christmas Tree Waffles & Santa Advent Calendar




 (Seth's had snow on it!)

Our Santa Calendar: Add a cotton ball each day til Christmas to create Santa's beard
Suri placing Santa's beard on: he's up to 11 cotton balls!




Sweet November

Here are some random shots from our November 2012...

 pretty dress * hugging Daddy as he gets home from school

 Suri hanging with her 'boyfriend' Codi


 opening up her box of goodies from Gram


she gets so excited and says, "WOW!" "Pretty!" "Cute!"


Our beautiful Suri

 



Sweet Sofia