We lit the 2nd candle on our Advent "log" that Nathan made for us. We are going through a book that has ideas for each day to focus your family on the birth of Christ. One of the fun activities we've done was played "I'm going on a trip to Bethlehem and I'm taking..." going through the alphabet. We made it harder and tried to think of stuff that Mary and Joseph might have taken. The kids are getting into it, but Asher is a little concerned that in all of this remembering the real reason for Christmas, we are going to forget about the "getting lots of stuff" part of it. Hopefully he won't be too disappointed this year as there are no Walmarts or toy stores around here. Anyhow, we are making new family traditions and singing through the Birth of Christ section in our hymn book, and playing and replaying the 3 Christmas CDs that we have. Simple, but memorable.
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Precious. -Va Dad
In years to come they'll never remember what they "got" but they'll always remember the sweet times you're having together. "Memories make the moments immortal."
That's neat Laurel... Your kids are blessed to have you and Nathan.
We are doing the Lego Advent Calendar this year and reading through the birth of Jesus... It's gone better than I thought. Though, I'm trying to figure out how to better explain the part about Joseph not having "relations" with Mary. It's been great this year to have all three old enough to really understand to a certain level...
i love the advent log - makes the typical wreaths seem so boring! :)
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