December 10th – Go pick out a Christmas tree. We have always get the boys a new ornament each year to add to the tree {and Dave and I get one too!}
December 11th – Christmas lunch at Grandma’s
December 12th – Matthew’s birthday! We try to have this as his special Birthday day so no Christmas activities today!
December 13th – Christmas craft with the kids {tutorial to follow!} I also need to make some cupcakes for Connor’s Christmas party. I’m thinking of making these guys.
December 14th – Learn 2 Christmas songs. The kids want to do a little Christmas concert for the family on Christmas Eve so we will be practicing these until Christmas.
December 15th – Watch Frosty the Snowman and make a Christmas treat for Matthew’s class. I think these would be fun and easy.
December 16th – Christmas party with family friends.
December 17th – Go to Bright Nights in Stanley Park. This is a fabulous light display put on by the Vancouver fire fighters to support the Burn Fund. There is a great miniature train ride around the park and its always fun to see all the new lights and displays added each year.
December 18th – Go to The Peak of Christmas at Grouse Mountain. They have sleigh rides, reindeer, ice skating, and Santa’s workshop. Plus, it’s always fun to be around snow at Christmas time! The Grinch That Stole Christmas also plays in their little movie theater up there {definitely my favorite Christmas show!}
December 19th – Wear your Santa hat to the Canuck’s game {this is Matthew’s birthday present}
December 20th – Make Christmas presents for Grandmas and Grandpa. {Still not exactly sure what we are doing for this one!}
December 21st – Watch Santa Clause 3 {We have already watched the other 2 this year!}
December 22nd – Make Reindeer Food. Here is our version from last year.
December 23rd – Drive around and look at the Christmas lights. Pick some hot chocolate up on the way home {the Tim Horton’s candy cane hot chocolate came out today!!!}.
December 24th – Family Christmas Eve breakfast and watch The Grinch Who Stole Christmas.
December 25th – MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
And just in case you are looking for more advent calendar ideas, here are a few of my favorites from around blogland
Impressive organization Jenn! Love it! 😉
Great ideas! I am trying to work on getting all my ideas on paper to put into our advent calendar. Thanks for sharing. 🙂 I have 2 days left so I guess I better get busy.
Love your advent calendar!!! Great ideas!!!=)
I wanted to do an Advent Calander this year but just never got around to it! Yours is just adorable. I’m so looking forward to hearing more about all of your activites. You have SOOOO much fun stuff planned!
Totally love your tag calendar !
Your Advent post is wonderful! I love your ideas and the extra special things you have planned throughout December. The activities sound fabulous!
I am hosting my weekly Pinterest linky party at the moment and I would be so thrilled if you could link up this post. I am also about to start my 12 days of Christmas series on my Christmas blog and the 1st day is all about Advent. I hope you might be able to visit and perhaps link up this post?
Thanks for sharing these wonderful ideas!
Best wishes,
Natasha.
I love it! I am finalizing our Advent fun, books, etc. today. So…I should probably get off the computer now. 🙂
Very cute Advent Calendar! I LOVE that you have activities planned for each day! So fun!! Visiting from delightful order! I linked up my advent calendar as well!
So fun! I had to keep my advent calendar pretty generic because I’m not that organized. Thanks for the ideas!
Love the way you spelled out what you were doing for each day. I just listed our plans for the year, my favorite part of the year!
I just loved everything about this post…You Advent calendar is gorgeous…You are definitely better organized then I am to have your 25 days all planned out…And, adding other great Advent Calendars…this year has really been slipping by me fast and I’m jealous of all the great Holiday ideas…Thanks for sharing this at my “25 Days of Christmas” Linky Party!! You rock, Jen!!
You had mentioned that last year might be the last for matching Christmas PJs and I felt compelled to comment 🙂 Crazy 8 sells matching PJS for kids and adults. It is a tradition in my house that the entire family has matching PJs for Christmas Eve and Crazy 8 is affordable. We were all elves last year 🙂