Thanksgiving EVE....

Yes, I'm that behind! I haven't even caught up to Thanksgiving yet! Anyway, I always want to make sure I "make time" for my daughter, even though I work full time. This means, no matter HOW tired I am, I will push through our evening so I can create memories for her. I always make sure to send a snack for daycare for holidays/events. My mom always did this for my sister and I, and it's something I plan on continuing as Noeys mommy. 

I did however, have to work late that day, and knew I wanted our snack to be something fast! A few days earlier, a friend of mine had posted "Hershey kissed pretzels" and so I decided to make those. I always include Noey in everything - and YES she washed her hands first haha! She did more eating than helping anyway! Below is a picture of our mess!

To me, Thanksgiving somehow represents the start of Christmas to me - maybe because I know BLACK.FRIDAY is the day after. I bought this little kit at Target (best.store.ever!!) a couple of weeks earlier. It is to make a countdown calendar for Christmas. I know she doesn't understand it quite yet, but I knew she would have a ball making it. 

As I said before, I always make sure I have time for her. So, after making our snack for daycare, I gave her a bath, and put her pjs on her. We had dinner and proceeded to do our craft afterwards.

Noelani LOVES crafts. She is a VERY busy child and so I always try to let her do some type of art project each night. That can be anywhere from coloring, to a more detailed activity like this one. We have a bucket of art supplies and anytime I see something in the store to make, I try to pick it up. I think it helps her with her creativity AND motor skills. 

We will have a lot more of these little projects in the near future - Christmas is my FAVORITE and there always seem to be a lot of cute little things for the kids to do out in the stores.
HOPEFULLY.....I can blog about our Thanksgiving next time!