Advent: something like Day 12??

Today, I received a really nice email which said the following: "I can't even imagine how you have time to be such an amazing and creative mom - I have been following the advent adventure and am just simply captivated - it looks like you are creating such a fun tradition. I am hoping if I have a kiddo some day I can pick up some great mom ideas from your blog!" (Thanks Alysia!!!) It was such a nice thing to read as I feel like I'm failing..big time..at this advent thing.

Tonight, Kenzie removed the following link:



Um. It's cold outside. Really cold.

{Alysia - if I can offer a word of wisdom. When your child can't read: Run with it!!! With a high-pitched squeaky exciting voice yell out: "Kenzie we get to drink hot chocolate with marshmallows and candy cane stirs!!! OH WOW!"
So, we did that instead.
And, Kenzie...when you're old enough to read this. I'm sorry. I really am. But, I'm a big. fat. liar.



This little treat was so yummy. But, really how can a warm cup of chocolate sugar water, with a sugar stir stick, topped with little puffs of sugar go bad???



These pictures depict the moments before Kenzie launched like a rocket, of course. There is a reason why I don't usually support dosing that girl with sugar. Maybe all that extra energy was karma for the wee little lie I told?



...oh, if only we'd had these reindeer antlers yesterday. Perhaps, we could have made a bit more sense out of all that "crazy!"