Documenting December Day 10

For a few years now I have had this crazy idea to do a family activity advent......like I need extra things to do at this time of year BUT the kids love it well at the very least the idea of it, (the teenager of the house is a little reluctant to show enthusiasm for some of them).  Jamie and I are busy with extra-activities outside the house so I.... no WE need this to keep us connected as a family. To remind us that this season whats really important is family and as crazy and chaotic and loud as we are, we so ROCK!

 Day 10

Christmas Cookie Day.

Any ideas of sweet idyllic moments all around the table rolling out cookie dough and cutting them into beautiful Christmas shapes are quickly kicked to the curb. Past experiences with um life with kids has taught me that ideas like the above belong in the movies or in books only. Don't bring them into my house.

Little fat fingers scoop cookie mixture out of the bowl when I am not looking, the mixture is always to sticky or too dry, there is always fights over the rolling pin and the medium size star, flour gets EVERYWHERE and probably a third of the mixture gets eaten before it makes it to the tray!

I cannot be a control freak nor will any of our cookies make it on to the boards of pinterest, not at all!!

But they have fun, it may last for ten minutes only and made a terrible mess but it was fun!  Which makes it all worth it. I may have been tired today, I may have lost my voice which of course makes communicating extremely hard and I may have had to substitute ingredients because the pantry is looking a bit sparse BUT it happen because we were committed to it happening.

I just want to say that when you plan things like this, something else has to be put aside or postponed.(for me its always something like folding washing) You can't physically or mentally fit everything into your day. A decision has to be made based on what is important to you and your family right at the moment and for every family the decision will look different to anothers. 

Don't compare just make a decision for YOU.

What Christmas tradition do you have? Do you bake with your kiddies?  How is your December going? Tell me.....

PS You can following along with all of our December days on Instagram if you like, search up #beautifulcrazyfaith

Documenting December Day 4

Today was one of those days where I had 1273 plus things to do and only a limited amount of time to do it all in. It happens this time of year.... to everyone!

Our little boys turns three tomorrow and he has requested a RED tractor cake (of course he has), shopping had to be done, baking to do, visitors to visit with (important) and while we are here lets squeeze in advent activities. Today's family activity was make your own Christmas decoration (thanks Pinterest). I could of easily dismissed this saying there was too much to do but NO I purposely chose not to because these kids...well I actually like them, no LOVE them. They are important and togetherness is important. Its easy for me (and for you probably) to get busy at this time of year that we forget the ones that are most important if we aren't aware as we run here there and everywhere for everything and everyone else.

So here we are making baking soda decorations (super duper easy)! Can't wait for them to dry so we can hang them up! 

And yes they are sitting on the table!