So my sister-in-law is spectacular. Everything she does turns to gold. She homeschools, crafts, sews, cooks delicious stuff, has a cute haircut, blogs, and does about 50 other things in the time it takes me to unload the dishwasher. She also puts up with consist, annoying phone calls and texts from me throughout the day and evening.
Casey always does a darling advent calender with her kids every year, having an activity for each day. I have loved the idea but just haven't been on top of things EVER to do it (I finally finished Sam's Christmas stocking last week. He's almost 4.) FYI: She also has a darling little felt ornament for each day that get hung up on a little tree. I am not doing that. I spent about 37 minutes last night, not finishing a grand total of one.
Well, she's not using her calendar this year and let me borrow it last night and so of course I stayed up much too late coming up with ideas of things to do.
Day 1?
The boys were great helpers!
P.S. Ashley, that little yellow star above Ike's head is all you. Too bad it wasn't turned around so we could all see you in your 4 year old glory. How did I end up with that anyways?
Some of the things we're doing are making Christmas cookies, going to see the lights at Botanical Gardens, playing Christmas Freeze Dance (sure to be an instant hit), writing a Christmas story, making a snowscape with shaving cream and action figures (my personal fav), and ending with reenacting the Nativity on Christmas Eve. I'm way excited about it.
There are tons of ideas of ways to make a calendar. This site has some really cute advents. This site has some really cute PreK Christmas worksheets (forwarded to me by, you guessed it, Casey.)
2 comments:
Ha ha. I've got you fooled. ;) Although I do feel famous now, being mentioned on your blog. :)
lets just keep that star flipped over...
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