scroll down to find a picture of me in a nightgown i've had since high school!

Another eve, another Advent calendar activity.

This time we determined that microwave mug brownies are 

3 billion times more delectable than microwave mug cakes.

Oh yes, and also that nightgown picture:

Advent date number...

...what number are we on again?

Ok. We've hit a little roadblock.

Mostly just because I'm forgetting.

Two nights ago I sat down to enjoy a clementine

and realized we hadn't had an Advent celebration yet that day.

So we split the orange and declared it date number six!

I do think that oranges are the most Christmas-y fruit, 

so there's that.

We've got a pretty festive weekend coming up, so things should be back to swingin' in no time.

Advent date number 5.

We made Martha Stewart's deliciously thick peppermint hot chocolate.

(and nursed some sugar-induced stomach aches later on. oof!)

Advent dates 3 & 4

We wrote out our Christmas lists, 

and then, under the glow of the glorious tree,

we packed up a little Christmas/baby shower package for Gretel

while streaming the St Olaf Christmas concert.

Oh wait. I did that. (It was as magical as it sounds.)

Poor sick little Ryan pulled a chair up to his favorite spot in front of the tv

and watched the Packer game.

he loved it, I'm sure.