~ChRiStMaS BuCkEt LiSt SuCcEsS~

This week was our first week doing our Christmas bucket list and we got a few things crossed off, a few things that I was very excited to do! We made a homemade Christmas countdown that I hope we will keep for years and years to come, so that maybe someday it will be a favorite of our children because it will be one that they remember as little kids:)  We worked so hard on it (we were up till 2:30 in the A.M.) and I was so pleased at how it turned out! I love spending quality time like that with my husband:) We also got "Watch the Santa Clause" crossed off of our list. I just love that movie. It's probably one of  my favorites. The last one that we got crossed off was "Write letters to Santa." What me and Mitch did for this one was actually write letters to each other, addressed to Santa. How we did this was act as if we were talking to Santa. We told "Santa" what we enjoyed this past year and asked "Santa" what kinds of gifts we wanted for the year to come. Ex: "Santa one gift that I want this year is for me and Mitch to be healthy." Or: "A gift I would be grateful for is Mitch finding the job we are wanting ." Etc. Then me and Mitch will open these letters from each other on Christmas Eve. I'm pretty excited about it. I hope this become a fun tradition we look forward to every year! We still have quite a bit on out bucket list, and I can't wait to get more crossed off! In the mean time here a a few pictures that I took this week:)
What have you guys done so far this December?!

Spray painted an old cookie sheet with primer 

Lots of craft supplies makes me happy:)

We used acrylic paint for the countdown, and chalk paint for the
top part of the countdown . 

Busy, busy, busy. Messy, messy, messy.

All for these CUTE personalized Mitch and Haley countdown pieces with magnetic tape on the back. (Sorry couldn't get the picture the right way) 

We put a ribbon where the 2 different paints end
as to hide the paint mess. I thought it added
a fun pop of color to it!

Drew 25 boxes with a black permanent marker. 

The finished product! I was SO happy with it!