After a Thanksgiving with my Mom and Dad here in Arkie we have now entered the crazy month of December. I had decided last year that this was the year I would do an advent calendar. I procrastinated until it was down the the very last day of November. Having zero energy to conquer the Hobby Lobby with my crazy children I decided with the help of a bag of scrapbook paper and a bin of cookie cutters the advent calendar would not be a a crazy crafting project. So, this is what we ended up with.
I like it. Preston likes it, and Porter wants to to eat it. I think that is a win win win.
I didn't want our Advent to be all about activities or just scriptures. So I sorta combined the two. Some days we did activities and some days we read a scripture or talked about the true meaning of Christmas.
This is a list of all that we have done so far...and what we will be doing.
1 (Since this is the day I actually made the Advent) Preston went Christmas shopping with his Aunt and Grandma
2 Watch the First Presidency Christmas Devotional
3. Make ornaments for tree
4. Read the story about the birth of Jesus
5. Go to Toy Store
6. Write letters to Santa
7. Read Luke 1:26-38
8. See the neighborhood lights and drink hot cocoa
9. Luke 2:1-5
10. Watch Elf the movie and eat popcorn
11. Make presents for Cousins
12. Play in the snow
13. Read Luke 2:6-7
14. Read Luke 2:8-16
15 Take Christmas pictures
16 Read Matthew 2:1-6
17 FHE on the first Christmas gift
18 Have French Toast and hot chocolate for dinner
19 Unwrap a Christmas book to read
20 read Matthew 2:8-14
21 Make a snow globe
22 Dance around to Christmas music
23 Make cookies for Santa
24 Open the Pajama Elves package and re-read/ watch the Nativity story
Besides all the advent excitement we also put up Christmas lights for the first time in a long while. Preston and Porter were very excited to help their Dad. And Porter has enjoyed his daily ritual of tearing everything off the tree and then finding the surprise of a redecorated tree after nap time. Surprise!
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| making ornaments |
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| helping Dad with the lights. |
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| Toy Store fun |
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| Neighborhood lights and hot chocolate |
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| decorated |
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| after Porter attacks |
2 comments:
You are one very awesome mama! I love your advent calendar and how you are helping your children really appreciate what Christmas is all about!
My excitement at seeing Preston in his dinosaur hat is slightly dampened by his other choice of headwear.
Just kidding, he looks awesome in underwear hats AND dino hats, and I'm just glad that mine made the rotation. He clearly has fantastic taste ;-)
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