Let the festivities begin!
Day One advent activity
going to see the Christmas lights, what could be more wonderful?
Making memories, spending time with family
Oh yeah, except where I freaked out gently told Lemon Boy not to touch the Advent Calendar
because the clothes pins weren't all glued on yet.
And the boys fought each other and us on every.little.thing as we were
trying to get out the door to go to the Christmas lights display
It looks very lovely though, doesn't it?
We did actually have a good time at the lights and
the hot chocolate was a delicious way to end the evening.
Day Two - Supper at Swiss Chalet
Despite how it appears, the boys did actually enjoy it
Lemon Boy knows the Swiss Chalet song by heart
♪♫♪ Swiss Chalet, always so good for so little ♪♫♪
Day Three - Decorate the front window
During the week our activites are a little simpler
but the boys were just as excited to put the window stickers up as
they were to go to the lights
(in fact, we managed to do this activity with way less fighting!)
Someone made a comment today that I would have to make sure to keep up
that is, not forget to do the activity one evening
There is pretty much no chance of that happening
Lemon Boy is on it, he can't wait to see what's going to happen each night
Hopefully we're making some memories that he'll remember :)
Our kids take turns doing the calendar. And since 4 goes equally into 24, they all get the same number of chocolates. No fighting.=) I know what you mean about the fighting. It seems like it goes through intense phases, you know. I think having them inside more when the weather turns is not a good thing. Oh well...
ReplyDeleteSuch great ideas! So glad you are sharing them with us!!
ReplyDeleteWonderful tradition! Thanks so much for sharing.
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haha--yeah, I bet the kids won't let you forget! I do an advent calender with activities or treats every day, and even though there's only Angel--he for sure wouldn't let me forget!
ReplyDeleteAww, this is so cute. You need to market this. No way am I organized enough to get something like this together. I have a beautiful advent thingy with doors to put things in, but they're all empty. We didn't even get the chocolate calendar this year. I am reading Xmas stories every night, at least. Trying to do something. Now to work on my Xmas letters. :-)
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I am so glad I am not the only one that does this:) We have had to keep ours a little more low key this year but have been pretty successful so far! LOVE IT! I like the window idea. We might have to try that.
ReplyDeleteWe decorate our front window for most major holidays. It's easy, fun, no mess and the boys love it!
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