These are a few of my favorite crafts that Kinley made during the Christmas holidays.
She made the plate with her footprint and the snowman fingerprint ornament at Mother's Day Out.
We made these reindeer handprint ornaments together at home. We put one on our tree and and gave them as gifts to the grandparents and great grandparents this year.
She made this little ornament in the childcare room while I was in a MOPS meeting.
This was our tree this year... our first Christmas in our new house.
Our Christmas card display this year... I love Christmas cards and going to the mailbox in December!
Hanging out and playing peek-a-boo in the dog kennel
November 5th
I was going through Kinley's clothes that were packed away and deciding whether or not to sell some of them online. She was all in the middle of it and there was no keeping my piles organized.
Happy girl that same night while eating raviolis for dinner
November 10th
Kinley playing in the park in our old neighborhood in Temple... we walked to the park in our neighborhood ALL the time. Unfortunately now, we don't have a park within walking distance of our house in Tyler. She was and still is a huge fan of playing outside.
November 13th
We participated in Operation Christmas Child with the alliance that I was a member of in Temple. Kinley stuffed two boxes for little girls her age.
November 14th
We graduated from the high chair to the booster seat.
November 16th
Trip to Lion's Park to play
November 17th
We took a walk around the neighborhood. However, she decided she was done riding and wanted to walk and pull the wagon herself. She literally walked the whole block!
Colt was off that day so after swinging and playing in the yard for a bit, we took her to Lions Park.
Here she is climbing the rock wall at the park.
November 18th
Evidently we must not have slept good since I ended up in the crib with her.
And I guess because of not sleeping good, she ended up just laying down tired in the floor later in the morning!
We went to playgroup that morning at Powerhouse Gym. It was our first time to go, but she was a fan.
November 19th
Around this time (17 months), Kinley got REALLY into sticker books. She only liked and still only really likes the ones that have specific places for her to put the stickers though!
November 21st
Kinley had thrown up the night before this and also was sick this night. However, during the day that day, she got a little burst of energy where she was acting like she was feeling fine. She tormented the dogs with her snack, and we even went for a walk around the neighborhood. Her face she was giving the dogs in these pictures looks seriously evil and mean!
She insisted on walking Lucky while I walked Alex.
November 28th
Colt and I took Kinley to That Art Place in Belton to make a Christmas plate.
This is how her plate turned out. I love it!
The sound of Kinley giggling in this video is the cutest. She was obsessed with her Little People Halloween book at the time. For some reason, when she would lift the flap and Colt would say "ouchie," she thought it was the funniest thing. She laughed at him doing this FOREVER.
November 29th
Out for another wagon walk around the neighborhood. On top of what I bought her, both her Giggy and Grandma got her Christmas outfits as well. We started wearing them at the end of November and wore them pretty much everyday to get as much use as we could out of them!
Like I said above, she was REALLY into stickers...even putting stickers on me!
Here's a little video of her that same day blowing kisses and waving bye to my phone. This was her routine for FaceTime on the phone with Giggy and Pa.
November 30th
Kinley playing with stickers again before bed... but this time on her face instead of mine.
I previously posted about our new favorite Christmas decorations, but before I post about all of our Christmas celebrations, here's a quick look at some of our Christmas decorations that first Christmas as a family of 3 (or 5).
I love our tree, and it always looks so empty in the house once I take it down.
I had to get Kinley a stocking since it was her first Christmas so I ordered her, Colt and I all new matching stockings from Pottery Barn. I tried to keep it basic so that just in case our family ever grows, maybe we can keep the same ones. Lucky and Alex didn't get new ones. They have the same stockings they've had since their first Christmases. Theirs are the little ones on both sides.
Maybe in a couple years, we will have a fireplace again to hang our stockings on!
Kinley's handprint from right after she was born.
We made one of these for her room and had enough clay to make this one as an extra. I figured it made a good ornament!
This was Kinley's first ornament that I bought long before Christmas with her name, date of birth, weight and length on it.
We bought this when we were out and about not long after she was born.
Her footprint that we also made as gifts.
I love this on our tree! I'm going to have to find another cute craft idea for this Christmas.
I also love this of her little feet. I had it sitting on our entertainment center this past Christmas.
And this is the ornament that Linda and Tooter bought her in honor of her first Christmas.
Celebrating Christmas with a baby made Christmas even more special and more memorable.
Here is a cute cheap fall decoration that I printed off this weekend. All you need is a sheet of cardstock, a printer and an empty picture frame!
Go HERE to get the free printable courtesy of eighteen25. They have 2 color choices for fall, and they have a printable for every holiday. They are all super cute so I'm sure I'll be printing more of their freebies in the future!
