Unfortunately the magnet strips on the back of my advent mittens all decided to give it up in the middle of the night and I came down to discover an advent on strike.
Regardless advent must go on!
The activities chosen were deliberately kept simple, inexpensive or costing only of time, meaningful, charitable and in keeping with the appropriate meaning of the season...with a Santa parade here and there:)
At the halfway mark here are the things we have done to make our December memorable:
(1 was the franklin book and movie)
2- made squirrel feeders out of pine cones and sunflower seed butter.
3- make Christmas stickers
4- make Christmas ornaments
5-go to a Christmas party
6-go to a Santa Claus parade
7-decorate Christmas cards
8-make Christmas cookies
9- go for a winter walk
10-pick out a toy for a three year old boy and a baby in need (Ben understood this remarkably well. I wasn't opposed to leaving the toy store with two of the same toy as I realized this would be a difficult concept for him right now. Ben not only seemed to understand that some children don't have as much as he does and was eager to select a toy but didn't even ask for one for himself and didn't ask to play with it in all the days he passes it in the garage. I was very impressed!)
11- select a community organization to give a gift of appreciation to. This year we chose our local Children and Family Services and made a gift basket to deliver on family home evening.
12 more days to go...
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