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Advent Calendar Ambition
I guess we’re about halfway through our Advent Calendar and I’m realizing that many of my activity ideas were a bit ambitious with Asher being just under two.
Like the day I spent all day making ONE (not many like I had hoped) orange and cloves ornament. Why had I forgotten that this was NOT fun but painful? And while I pierced clove after clove into my orange Asher just tried to eat them.
I’m taking it all in stride though. You try these things and some fail while some succeed. And next year he’ll be more into it all and will be able to better participate. And the fun times are great and giving me many memories of this Christmas that I can cherish forever.
Some of the things he has enjoyed are decorating the tree (if throwing the ornaments around counts), making a “stable” out of a sheet and chairs, coloring on Advent coloring pages (found online), and watching Christmas shows.
He really enjoys our Jesse Tree time in the evenings too. After Jonathan and I have finished dinner (while Asher is still eating since he takes much longer than we do) Jonathan reads the day’s Scripture passage which Asher merely tolerates but then we sort through the symbols and pick the one for the day and hang it on our Jesse Tree and that, for Asher, is worth hearing daddy read…and read…and read…for what seems to a two year old like way too long.
Overall it’s been a good Christmas season for us, even if a bit too hot. Less than 2 weeks to go!
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December 14th, 2009 at 11:42 am
Hi Dana, was talking with a friend here last night and she’s also doing advent calendars. She’s made cute little wall hangings with candy for each day. But she also mentioned that one of her friends just has a list and then 1 special envelope that the kids check every morning. Each night she decides what will go into the envelope for the next day (read: what she has the time and energy for with busy schedules!). Might be an idea for you, anyway. I love your festive envelopes, though!