Countdown to Christmas- Week 3

It's already the 3rd week of December, can you believe it? I am linking up with Liz again at Sugarplum Creations and sharing what our activities were for the week. In case you missed them, here are Week 1 and Week 2.

(As always, click on pictures to enlarge)

Day 12

Last Saturday we went to a Community Center in a neighboring town that is all decked out for the holidays and perfect for kids. There are kid-size buildings with different activities in each building. At the Library they can "buy" a book, pet dogs that are up for adoption at the local humane's society in the Pet Barn, write letters and mail them to Santa at the Post Office, adopt a stuffed animal at Toyland, hear a story at the church, go fishing at the Ice House, make a necklace at the school, go on a hayride, watch a live nativity, and of course visit Santa. This is the 2nd year we've gone and the boys loved it just as much.

Day 13

On Sunday we went to a bowling party for the scouts. I knew about this well in advance and planned it as a sock activity.

Day 14

On Monday I took the boys to go pick out gifts for their teachers and their book exchange parties. They also wrapped the presents and signed their name in cards. Wrapping presents (well actually a bow on a present) was another scout achievement for Jakob.

Day 15

Tuesday was the infamous socks in a sock. I don't know why the boys love this so much, but they really do. They tried their Bakugan socks on immediately. By the way- I bought these at Kohl's on sale. Both pairs were $1.65 total. You can't beat that with a stick! (No my kids did not wear the same clothes two days in a row. We had to postpone the actual wrapping of the presents due to time constraints.)

Day 16

On Wednesday we put more of the puzzle together. I had pictures of this, but I accidentally deleted them when I was preparing for Nolan's Christmas performance at school. So this picture is a repeat, but I wanted to stay consistent with my posts so I am reposting this picture.

Day 17

On Thursday we made can stilts. This is another scout activity that the boys thought sounded like a great idea. However, when they realized how hard it is to walk on cans they weren't so thrilled with it.

Day 18

On Friday we drove around and looked at Christmas lights. These pictures are of my house because I wasn't patient enough to wait to take pictures when we were actually driving around. And lights do not make for crisp, clear photos. At least not with my point and shoot.

Liz is not doing a MckLinky next week since Christmas falls on Friday. But I am an extra-credit kind of person and will be posting the rest of the month's activities. (It just doesn't feel complete otherwise!)