Monday's Advent activity was to watch Frosty the Snowman. I don't think Bennett was very intersted.
On Tuesday we opened this magic growing Christmas Tree that was supposed to grow to 6x its size. (May take up to 72 hours.) It's now been over 6 days and it has barely grown at all.
Tuesday night we got lots of snow, so when we got home from work/school on Wednesday Bennett got to help shovel the snow. I stayed inside where it was nice and warm and took horrible photos through the window. :)
On Wednesday Bennett also got to make Santa's beard out of cotton balls.
Thursday we brought Brit to the vet. She's been loosing a lot of weight and isn't eating. (She now weighs only 5 lbs.) The vet took some x-rays. She's constipated and likely either has irritable bowel or a tumor, but without further testing he can't say which. We switched her to some different food which she hungrily ate the first day and has now grown less interested in, and also gave us a laxative to give to her twice a day.
As a somewhat related question, how do you decide how much testing to do for a pet who is 13 years old? We can't spend too much more on testing and treatment. I don't think she's in pain, but we also know she isn't healthy.
When we got home Bennett watched How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
On Friday Bennett got to color one of those $1 craft packs that comes with a little coloring book, some crayons, and stickers. I think after about one minute he had lost interest in it.
Saturday was a busy day.
And not the best video, but it does show Bennett standing up and marching on his own. He had been doing a lot more marching just before this, but of course I was late getting the camera ready.
After skating we went to the mall for the official photo with Santa. It was definitely a popular day for visiting Santa and we ended up having to wait in line for about an hour. Luckily everyone seemed to be in good spirits about it.
And here's a collage of the past years. I love that it's the same Santa/backdrop in all of the pictures.
And as if our Saturday wasn't busy enough, we had friends over in the afternoon for the annual graham cracker house decorating. It was a smaller group than usual this year as a few friends couldn't make it and others got sick en route and had to cancel.
Sunday morning we ran some errands doing some grocery shopping, etc. The afternoon was full of baking. I made 3 batches of fudge and Bennett made some cookies with Daddy. Then later I made some Chewy Noels. Another batch of Chewy Noels and another batch of cookies are still planned.
And that wraps up our week! I hope this week will be a bit more quiet, but we will see. The elves are busy in our house trying to get some gifts finished up.
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