Advent

  

As we prepare for Christmas and try to keep the focus on the reason for the season, we like to celebrate each day of the month of December.  We have some family devotionals that help us think about how Jesus came to our earth to bring Peace.  And we look forward to celebrating His birth with our family and friends.  This year for our Advent Activities I planned out our month and hung a sock or mitten up for each day, inside the sock is a treat and on the paper with the date is an activity for the day.  Here is a list of what we've got going on this month:

We start our Advent Activities with a TRIP TO THE STATES!!

Start reading our Christmas Book and make a countdown garland

Make cards for your teachers and paper snowflakes

Have crepes for supper

Enjoy a family movie night!!

Decorate Christmas cookies

Deliver fudge to a neighbour

Celebrate Christmas with friends

Have a candlelight supper 

Make our gingerbread house

Make Chocolate Dipped Pretzels!

Tonight is our Christmas Lights Tour!!

Have a special movie night!

Kids make pancakes for Mommy and Daddy

Have a backwards supper

Make hot chocolate and stir with candy canes!

Enjoy your last day of school...

Tonight is IPC’s Kids Klub party

Jade Christmas Party!

Goldeyes Baseball camp!

Call 3 people and sing to them

Draw names and do something special for the person

Christmas Eve… open one present!

The kids are so excited each morning to open the sock and see what the activity is. I even let them eat the treat before school!

 
This little manger scene comes out every year and the kids still play with it (mostly Nicole) so it gets a prominent place on the hearth.

And of course I couldn't resist posting one picture of our little man, all decked out in one of his Christmas shirts.  He brings us such joy!  He's full of smile now and coos away to the kids when they talk to him.  It's going to be a wonderful Christmas.