Now that my oldest is almost 4, Christmas traditions are in full-swing this year and I am loving it as much as she is!
I wanted to share a fun way we are doing our Advent calendar for the first time this year. My mom made the adorable, little felt stockings. I hung them up on the bulletin board in our playroom. Each stocking holds a red slip of paper with various activities written on them such as....
-Decorate the Christmas tree
-Pray for the child who will receive our Operation Christmas Child shoebox
-Listen to Christmas music all day
-Write and send a Christmas card to Epen
-Drink hot chocolate (with marshmallows) in your Christmas mug
-Make a card for someone you love and send it in the mail
-Build a snowman with Play-Doh
-Find a toy you no longer need and give it to another little boy or girl
-Write a list of 5 things you are thankful for
-Make paper snowflakes
-Attend the holiday program at Mommy's old school
-Let's snuggle up together and read your favorite Christmas book
-Watch a Christmas movie in your pajamas
-Choose a gift from the Compassion Gift Catalog
-Write thank you notes to your Bible study teachers
-Bake a birthday cake for Jesus
-Read the story of Jesus' birth in the Bible
-Drive around and look at Christmas lights
-Decorate Christmas cookies with Mam
-Make a gingerbread house with Grandma
-Wrap presents
-Using your nativity tell us the Christmas story
