Happy December! December is such a special month, I think it needs it’s very own bucket list! So here we go! A December Bucket List to make this December the most magical month ever!
Advent Calendars – one day I’ll make some fancy ones but this year I just bought the $3 ones at Target that is filled with little chocolates.
Tree Cutting & Trimming – cutting down our tree is definitely my favorite of all the Christmas preparations!
Mail a Letter to Santa
Mistletoe in Every Doorway
Gingerbread Houses – We started doing this every year since Kenzie was born. It’s so much fun! Check out our first year here. Kenzie and Piper were so small!
Salt Dough Ornaments – so excited for this one!
Hot Cocoa and Candy Canes
Light Hunting – Driving around the neighborhoods looking at all the lights is always so much fun!
Take a Sleigh Ride
Go Ice Skating – We took the girls in Tahoe last year (they were 2 and 5 at the time) and had such a fun time!
Build a Snowman
Have a Snowball Fight
Watch a Parade
Decorate Cookies
Make a Wreath
Matching Christmas Jammies
Shop the girl’s pj’s HERE and mine HERE.
Stay Up Late
Christmas Movie Night
Dress Up For a Holiday Party – I really want to wear a sequin dress this year! What do you think about sequins?
Donate to a Local Toy Drive – There are so many great charities where you can donate toys. I’ll be donating to the Paradise Fire Victims through our local fire station.
Make Cookies for Santa – It isn’t Christmas without cookies for Santa and carrots for the reindeer.
And always, always, Keep the Sparkle in Your Eye…
my cardigan here
and a few more photos just because…
I hope you make the very most out of the holiday season with the ones you love most! Now I need to start shopping! Am I the only one who has done absolutely no shopping? Probably…
Interested in other lifestyle bloggers traditions? Here’s one I’m loving from Queen of The Bee Hive.