It only took a year...

Well this week I've been loving on my little sicko.

He's been down and out for 3 days now and his only request is to be held.

24 hours a day.

This is one of those times when I wish my little guy wasn't chunky

because my arms are ready to fall off!

But don't get me wrong I love the cuddle time because my baby is becoming independent way to fast.

So we've read a lot of books.

And colored a lot of pictures.

But most of the time we just cuddled.

And there's not a picture of that because

well no one wants to see what I've looked like the last 3 days.

Now what I've really been wanting to show you is one of Ava's Christmas presents.

I thought of this idea about a year ago,

bought all the stuff to make it about 6 months ago,

and finally got around to making it in the last few weeks.

 I know it's sad but that's how things work around here.

But after a year in the making here is her tutu bedskirt!

Ok so a few things.

First I really think it was worth the wait.

And I realize she really needs a comforter that matches her room.

Hopefully that will be solved sometime soon.

But I'm really loving it!

It's really not that hard to make either.

All you need is LOTS of tulle and a piece of PVC pipe.

Cut the pvc to the length of the bed.

Then cut your tulle and tie it around the pvc just like you would for a tutu skirt.

If your not sure how to do it there are tutorials all over the web.

Just use my friend google and he'll help you out.

When your pipe is covered you want to place 2 screws on the ends of the bed but only screw them in half way.

Then you can put the pipe over the screws and that will help hold it in place.

So it would look like this.

Does that make sense?

If not let me know and I'll get some pictures of it.

Here it is tucked down where it would go.

Mine's not put together yet because it's for Christmas.

I'm SOOOO excited to show Ava.

Now I just have to finish her tutu skirt

and a million other Christmas presents.

Are you ready for Christmas yet???

Linking up to

http://www.mushkiloves.com/



Advent Ideas

Once Thanksgiving is over it doesn't take me very long to jump right into Christmas.

We stay pretty busy with activities, baking, crafts and lots of other holiday fun.

One thing that we started last year was an advent calendar and it was a blast.

We had a different Christmas related activity every night and it really brought our family closer together and provided a lot of fun, quality time together.

So I thought I would share some of the things we have planned for this year.

There are a lot of different ways you could set it up.

You could put everything in a jar and pull on out each day or plan the activities around your schedule.

I took a cookie sheet and covered it with Christmas scrapbooking paper.

Then I cut out 24 rectangles and folded them in half.

On the inside I wrote the activity and on the outside I wrote the date.

Then I taped them on the cookie sheet.

I had put magnets on the back of the cookie sheet to hang on the fridge but they weren't quite strong enough to hold it up.

So this year I think I will tie some ribbon on the back and hang it on the wall.

Once I get it hung up I'll take a picture for you to see.

Anyway here's what we'll be doing in December.

Learn a new Christmas song

Make homemade marshmallows and cocoa mix

Make a snowman

Make garland

Make reindeer cookies

Make a nativity

Drive around and look at Christmas lights

Do a service for someone

Have a Christmas music dance party

Watch Elf

Read the Christmas story

Write letters to Santa

Make Christmas cards

Make a ornament

Visit a friend

Watch a Christmas movie

Have someone over for dinner

Make Christmas goodies and deliver to someone

Write letters to family that's not around

Take kids to get gifts for each other

Make gift tags

Sing Christmas songs

Play a Christmas game

Make reindeer food and cookies

So that's what's on our advent calendar.

We also read a Christmas book every night

and incorporate Christ and scriptures into our activities as much as possible.

Hopefully this gives you some ideas of fun things you can do with your family during the special month of December