Advent

Advent 2023–Day Two

Ladybug built the third bag of the Lego Home Alone house today, which included putting down the floor, and more importantly, the front steps into the home!

Mani Monday

This week’s mani is a subtle nod to the candles in our Advent wreath (three blue and one pink). I used Holo Taco’s new blue-grey holiday polish, “Crystal Skies,” plus the pale pink “Toe Beans,” and added “Featured Guest” to the thumbnail.

Advent 2023–Day One

Blessed Advent!

For the fifth (and maybe final…we’ll have to see what the future holds as far as big Lego sets we like) year running, we’re building a special Lego set as an Advent project. I’m super excited about this one…instead of being related to a trip we’ve taken, it’s connected to one of favorite Christmas movies…it’s the Home Alone house! I’ve actually been holding on to this set since it came out, so it feels like we’ve been waiting forever to build it. To start, Turkey built the foundation of the house:

But more importantly, he also built the bandits’ van, and the bandits themselves!

I really can’t wait to see how the house comes together, and I’m especially looking forward to discovering all of the details from the movies that are hidden in the set!

The Lego Disney Castle

As promised, here’s a look at the completed Lego Disney Castle:

And here are some of my favorite details:

This was a really fun project for Advent, and a great way to end a very Disney-themed year!

Advent 2022–Day Twenty-Eight

Today is the final day of Advent 2022, and Turkey completed the Lego Disney Castle. He built the rest of the final tower, which includes a nice spot for a watchman (or Donald Duck), and the he put all the castle pieces together.

Stay tuned tomorrow for a look at the full castle!

Advent 2022–Day Twenty-Seven

Ladybug continued building the big tower for the Lego Disney Castle today:

And she added vignettes representing Tangled and the original animated classic, Snow White:

Tomorrow we see how it all comes together!

Advent 2022–Day Twenty-Six

Today Chickadee worked on building a part of the Lego Disney Castle that will go behind the balcony Bunny built yesterday:

She was also very excited that she got to build the last minifig for the set, Tinkerbell!

Advent 2022–Day Twenty-Five

Today Bunny continued building up the section of the Lego Disney Castle that Moose started yesterday, and added a pretty little balcony:

The part I think she was most excited about, though, was building a secret compartment (under the blue section behind Daisy) that contains Cinderella’s glass slipper and a storybook that begins “Once upon a time…”

Advent 2022–Day Twenty-Four

Moose asked for a short build today, so he just took care of building up the walls around the bedroom Ladybug started yesterday, and also added some really nice curtains above the bed:

I love that you can see them from the outside, too!