Sunday, December 4, 2011

Feeling December



It is December and we are feeling excited around this house. Generally we wait until after the birthday season to start decorating, but this year my birthday hasn't yet arrived and we already have the stockings hung on the piano with care. Such joy!


Our favorite decoration is the advent calendar and the kids take turns choosing which pocket to select an ornament from to hang on the tree. It is fun to watch the three of them negotiate with each other about who gets to choose on which day and which ornament. In most Advent calendars people choose what is behind the date, but we've decided to be a bit more flexible, allowing for personal choice as well as argue prevention.


We're also trying a new tradition I learned about from Sarah Jane: wrapping up all our children's Christmas books and unwrapping one each night before bed to celebrate the season of Advent. We have about ten books and I plan on picking up a few more to add to our collection or maybe even wrap up some library books for fun. (P.S. They were all wrapped with the exeption of the ones we had opened on Dec. 1 and 2, but our 2 year old niece visited on Friday and thought it was time to open presents. Back to the wrapping paper, we go!)

2 comments:

Sarah Jane said...

Hey lady! Miss you much! And it's your birthday week. What are you doing to celebrate?

Kerry said...

Love those action shots of the little elves at your house. I was hoping to stop by your place one morning or afternoon later in the week.
Nora has the stomach flu, when I'm sure we're in the clear I'll give you a call. Wouldn't want to give you yucky germs for your birthday! ;)