It’s December!! The holidays are my favorite time of year for so many reasons. I am big into traditions and making Avery feel as special as possible. In October I made a fall bucket list and now it’s time for our family’s winter bucket list.

1. Decorate House
2. Make decorations (we made our own garland and centerpieces this year)
3. Get Avery her special ornament this year
4. Make a 2016 shutterfly book
5. Pack away old toys before Christmas
6. Do a neighborhood cookie off
7. Do something nice for someone else
8. Walk through lights along path by library
9. Make a crock pot stew
10. Finish Christmas shopping
11. Watch Christmas movies (my favorite!!)
12. Visit Santa (this year it was actually a success with Avery and Santa!)
13. Do a game night
14. Drive around and look at lights
15. Make and decorate a gingerbread house
16. Bake holiday treats
17. Go on a holiday inspired date
18. Make paper snowflakes
19. Go ice skating
20. Build a fort in our living room
21. Kiss under the mistletoe 🙂
22. Take Avery on a special date
23. Sleep by the Christmas tree
24. Do holiday crafts
25. Make Avery’s Santa face hand-print
26. Paint snow
27. Play in snow
28. Plan Christmas dinner
29. Spend some one on one time with each other
30. Go to Christmas eve service
31. Enjoy Christmas!

And that’s our winter bucket list with the things we want to do this holiday season! I hope this gives you guys some ideas for fun things to do with your family. As Avery gets older holidays become more and more fun. I catch myself sometimes getting too busy to really enjoy things so my goal this month is to just take in and enjoy everything!! Happy Holidays!