December Fun!

We love the month of December! So many fun activities to do that lead up to Christmas morning! Some of our favorites so far have been holiday crafting (which you'll see we've done a lot of lately), decorating gingerbread houses, going to the festive Light Parade in Chelsea, and decorating cookies with friends. 

The weekend after Thanksgiving my parents invited the boys over for crafts at their house. This is music to any mother's ears because it meant that the mess would be at their house, not mine!  My mom really got into it this year and had a little bit of everything...glitter, paint, stickers, cut outs, and white paper for cutting out snowflakes (harder than it looks!)! Love the concentration on Brett and Camden's faces!

Here the boys are snuggles up on the couch watching Frosty the Snowman.....a Bingham favorite :-)

I had to throw this picture in because they are holding hands. So sweet!

Camden hamming it up next to our new addition this year...an outdoor Christmas tree for our porch! (Camden insisted on wearing Brett's backpack and said he was going to "school")

And here's a photo of our real Christmas tree inside! 

Crafting with the neighbors......

...and with Brett's den of Cub Scouts! They were making holiday cards to send to a soldier.

Next up? Gingerbread house decorating! Camden had just gotten out of the bath and insisted on staying naked.....typical toddler, right?

I forgot to get a picture of the finished product.....oh well!

The next night we walked downtown to watch the Light Parade with our neighbors. We had such a great night and the parade was magical.

The Chelsea Clocktower!

We then came back to our house and the kids watched a movie while us adults enjoyed beverages and banter around the table. Fun times for all!

Claire invited us all over for cookie decorating one day....and this is the best shot I got. We sure had a blast though! 

Every year I take the boys to Home and Garden in Ann Arbor to pick out a new ornament to add to their collection. This year Brett picked out a shiny, silver flute and Camden picked out a motorcycle. Brett also picked out these fun glasses where Christmas lights turn to twinkling stars when you look through them.....so cool! Also, notice how Camden is wearing his builder hat? He wouldn't leave the house without it and wore it all day long! 

Showing off his advent calendar :-)

More crafts (I told you we've done a lot lately)!! 

Camden made that snowman all by himself, can you tell? :-)

One of my absolute favorite things about this time of year is how beautiful outdoor lights look after the first big snowfall. So still. So peaceful. And so magical!

Christmas is less than a week away and I couldn't be more excited! Wrapping presents, spending quality time with family and friends, seeing the complete joy that Christmas morning brings to our boys, and fun adventures that only happen once a year are some of my favorite's to come!