~flowers on the table
~pecan pie
We had a great Thanksgiving weekend with our family. Lots of food, laughing, and noise (of course with plenty of kid cousins running around my sister-in-law's house). I am very grateful-for so many blessings seen and unseen. The Lord has been good to my family and I hope to keep in my heart a song of praise and a song of gratitude.
For the last two years we have started the tradition of an Advent calendar. Last year I used cardstock to make our calendar.
~a snapshot last year's calendar
Right now (ok December 1st is tommorrow right?) I need to come up with something fast. I think I might just take what I did last year and change it up a bit-since I like a little change. Usually for Advent we share a verse from the Bible with each other (in the evening, before bedtime) and then I give the girls a small treat like a journal, pens, stickers-which I purchase from the dollar bin at Target or elsewhere. Other nights the Advent treat may include baking something simple, making hot cocoa, or doing a small craft.They are looking so forward to tommorrow night and so am I.
Oh, Nichole, this all sounds so wonderful. I've never celebrated Advent before. This is very nice. Your girls are always going to remember this especially. You are such a great Mom!
ReplyDeleteLibby, you are so kind!
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