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Wednesday, December 13, 2017

A Christmasy Weekend

As promised, here is a recap of our weekend. This weekend we were able to check off two items off our Christmas bucket list. We made sugar cookies as a family (with my parents) and went Christmas light looking.

Let's back up to Friday. I got home after the girls went to bed, so I didn't get to see them. We stayed up late watching the Nevada basketball game. The Pack lost and it sucked. Moving on....

Saturday morning we got up and it was really cold outside. I decided to bathe the girls since we wouldn't be home until late. It was the perfect opportunity to take pictures of the girls in their new twin shirts.
Twin tees - J'adore my twin

Recently, twins from the twin store, Twinning Store, contacted me about my featuring my girls in some of their clothes. I told them we would love to. They just asked the girls' size and sent us the cutest tees. They say, J'Adore My Twin (I love my twin). I love these shirts. They are simple, but so cute. So if you have twins, check out their store.

We bundled up and went out to breakfast. After breakfast, we headed to Costco to grab some necessities. You know, a new door mat, some wine, pull-ups (yes the girls still wear them at night), a movie and some laundry detergent.

After, we headed home, got the girls ready for their naps and then we settled in for some Christmas movie time. Well I did. Rory decided to walk Walter. Once the girls got up, we got them ready, got their pjs for the evening and headed down to my parents house where we baked and decorated sugar cookies. The girls had a blast decorating the cookies.
toddler cookie decorating
toddler cookie decorating
toddler cookie decorating
toddler cookie decorating
A few of their masterpieces

After decorating and cleaning up, my parents made dinner for us. We all ate so much and were so happy with our full bellies. The girls asked to go home right around 8 pm and so we did. We had a 45 minute drive home and the girls fell asleep pretty fast in the car.

The next morning, Rory went out for some muffins, bagels and coffee while the girls and I watched some Christmas movies. The girls were full of energy, but we had errands to run. We had to return some stuff to Bath and Body Works (teacher gifts that we are changing up), purchase some cooking things from William Sonoma and check out some bedding at Pottery Barn. The girls ran around outside with Rory while I did the shopping and returns.

We were on our way home and we grabbed some buns (asian buns filled with meat and goodies) for a quick lunch and then put the girls to bed. They went down easily. I went to the grocery store while they slept and then came home and they were still sleeping, so I took Walter for a walk. When I got home, they were up and we starting prepping dinner. The girls watched from the breakfast bar while I made homemade pizzas. We wanted to eat early, so we could go look at Christmas lights. The girls were a little unruly at dinner and we almost didn't go, but after a brief time out (for both girls), we went out.

We went to an area we usually don't get to, but we will make sure to go to this area of town in years to come. They had some amazing light displays and the contest was just the day before, so we got to see all the placings plus everyone elses. They were all out. We took videos and pictures and the girls were in awe. 
Hidden Valley Christmas Lights
 1st Place (they decorated the back of the house as well)

Hidden Valley Christmas Lights
 2nd Place
Hidden Valley Christmas Lights
Hidden Valley Christmas Lights
Hidden Valley Christmas Lights

Hidden Valley Christmas Lights
3rd Place

We headed home, put the girls to bed (tip: put the kids in their pjs, so they can go right to sleep when they get home) and watched the rest of Christmas Vacation. 

How was your weekend? Did you check anything off your Christmas Bucket List?

20 comments :

  1. The shirts are so cute! I want to go check out the holiday decorations by us, you got some fun photos there!

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  2. Those lights are amazing and how cute are the girl's making cookies! Cutest lil bakers ever!

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    1. They loved making cookies. They couldn't get enough and want to do it again.

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  3. Oh those shirts are J'adore!! My sister is obsessed with their Instagram. I totally should get her something from there for Christmas. Those lights are awesome!!

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  4. Such a Christmas filled weekend. Love it. The girls look like they had the best time with those cookies. & those shirts!!! I would have ate that place up when my nieces were little,

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  5. Those twin shirts are so cute!!! It sounds like you guys had a fun festive filled weekend with all the Christmas things! Love it!!!!We haven't looked at any Christmas lights yet this year, besides the few on our drive home. Need to make time to do that :)

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    1. Oh, and I meant to ask...what are you doing for teacher gifts? I need to get ours this weekend! I haven't decided yet.

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  6. Those twin shirts are adorable and so are they! I would definitely say those are the Costco necessities. Hehe! Sounds like an amazing weekend. Those lights are spectacular!

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  7. OMG I love those twin shirts so much! I am sending this link to my friend with twin girls. Love all the lights, that was one of my favorite traditions growing up!

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  8. Those lights are amazing!! What a fun contest. I love the girls' shirts, too.

    Meg, Borrowed Heaven

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  9. Oh my goodness, the girls are absolutely darling in those tees! And yay for Christmas cookies - yum <3

    Green Fashionista

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  10. Oh my goodness those shirts!! How adorable is that! You know I love a good graphic tee! Those are perfect for them.

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  11. They are just SO cute! Glad you got to cross a couple of things off the bucket list. :)

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  12. Their twin shirts are adorable and they look so happy to be wearing them.

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  13. Lights and cookies! Two of my favorite things. Just add some Tim Horton’s hot chocolate and I’m all set! Yay for such a wonderful weekend.

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  14. OMG those shirts are the cutest! Driving around Christmas light displays during this time of year are one of my favorite things to do. I'm sure the girls loved it!!
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    Amanda @ Cupcake N Dreams

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    1. It is one of my favorites too. The girls LOVED it. They also loved their shirts.

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  15. They are so incredibly cute :)! Your blog is very inspiring!

    xx

    Linda from Beauty And Tips

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