CCC... Getting ready for Wrapping on Day 6

Today's task... taking packing paper and turning it into BEAUTIFUL Christmas wrapping paper.  I have a real soft spot for recycling, so I was very excited to get Sammy to paint and colour and stamp it for us.  I found out that Sam also has a passion for recycling and LOVE love loved painting this paper.  And eating paint, but that's beside the point!!!


If you are very lucky, you just might get the gift wrapped in this fabulous paper!

First RED... I love that he squats to paint!

Now for some GREEN and getting a little creative using fingers as a brush.

Gold and back to red, very hard at work.

Favorite picture of the bunch.  Covered from head to toe, literally, and loving every second of it.  It was at this point that I realized I had set up to make wrapping paper but forgot to set up to clean up after.  Luckily Sam was focussed and didn't even fuss over me bolting upstairs to get water and wash cloths.

Our masterpiece!

Day 5 of CCC - Santa in the Park

There was a community food and toy drive at a playground near our house tonight.  Hot chocolate, cookies, bonfire, SANTA... sounds like the perfect Christmas Countdown event.  We went and met a few friends, but none of the kids in our group made it out without some level of crying.  Perhaps it's a little better once Santa isn't terrifying (Sam is his biggest fan at home but freakin' scared in person) and 6pm isn't almost bed time.  Nonetheless, the cookies were great and the company was even better.  Great fundraiser and I'm happy we went down there.

On route to find Santa...

After Sam's breakdown over Santa trying to hold his hand, we tried for a group photo of the kids... Parker apparently couldn't even be calmed with a giant cookie.  Being a baby is tough!!!!!

Family shot.

Si, Kaysi, P and Lillie at the Santa Toy/Food Drive.  No picture of the Farrell's because I took their family photo on Lindsay's camera.

This is just before we packed it in for the night (we did spend a whole 17 minutes there!!!)  They had these bales set up around a little bonfire.  Stereo playing Christmas carols.  Fakest Santa in history.  All in all, a perfect Christmas event.  Loved it!

Had to throw this one on here.  Taken earlier today while playing at Parker's house.   BFFs.  You should have seen the smooch good bye!!!!

CCC Day 4 - Hang our Stockings

Today we dug out the stockings, bought a stocking hanger for Sammy and hung them (up on top of our computer stand instead of mantle because he'd DEFINITELY pull them down on himself).  Again, didn't get a picture of him helping me because I can't manage the camera, him and stockings while getting a good picture.  Here is the before and after shot...

Sam with the stockings and daily message... he calls them 'Socks'.

Hung on the computer stand with care.

CCC - Day 3 ElfYourself

After checking out all the different dances, this one was our fav.  Enjoy!

Click here... ELF YOURSELF!

Sam groovin' with our Elves!

We also got this amazing message from Santa...

Click here... Santa Email
First thing I showed Sam this morning... notice his crazy bed hair!?!?  He probably watch it 5 times before I even left for work.  Couldn't even believe Santa knew his name!
Still watching Santa when I got home from work... Gramma said they probably watched it another 20 times today.  Biggest hit EVER.  So have to make one of these if you have young people in your lives!
"Santa!  O, O, O!"

CCC (Connolley Christmas Countdown) Day 2

Today's adventure was mailing Christmas cards.  I only got one cute picture of Sam, but for some reason juggling a toddler and a stack of cards and a camera didn't work out well for me!  :)

Advent Calendar

Sam's first advent calendar (he may or may not of had one last year that him mom may or may not have eaten all the chocolates for him!)

This is the Kinder Surprise one that Gramma Bee gave Sam... really trumps the dollar store one from us!!!  He shared the chocolate with me (and not Shaun) so I'm happy he's spoiled by Gramma!

Connolley Christmas Countdown - Day 1

A friend of mine did a countdown to Christmas with her boys last year and I loved the idea, so my little family is trying it out this year.  Day 1 was to decorate the Christmas tree.  Shaun and I set it up last night, and when Sam woke up this morning we told him that Santa dropped it off for him.  He may think the tree is Santa, but we'll keep working on this Christmas thing!

Let the fun begin!

First real contact with decorations.  He LOVED them and was soooo careful.

Working hard to get ahold of the string.

Gentle chubby little hands

Really proud of himself after a 25 minutes of putting decorations on.  The bottom three feet of the tree was a little heavily decorated (mommy spread them out a little after bedtime.)