Advent week 1

December first starts a month filled with festive activities. We do a Christmas themed activity every day until Christmas (some are simple, others more exciting). Once Advent started, we light a candle and read a prayer at dinner each night, too.

Week #1 (first 9 days)
- Breakfast with Santa at Arni's and anual small group Christmas gathering
- building a gingerbread house (built it twice since it fell apart after some over zealous decorating)
-Savannah, Jonas, and Mom saw the Silly Safaris animal show with the reindeer while Camden and Dad went to his Lego club minibuild at the mall and made a holiday train
- St. Nicholas Day - leaving out a shoe, reading about St. Nick and watching the Veggie Tales movie
- Christmas shopping for the giving tree and now for a gift for each other
- blessing the Christmas tree (I want to start doing this when we first put up the tree)
- Christmas lights at Reynold's Farm
- Sullivan Train Ride to the North Pole
- Annual White Elephant/Thanksgiving (late) with friends

 checking shoes for St. Nicholas gifts

tree blessing (holding a favorite ornament)


Santa at Arni's



small group Christmas - 3 baby boys!

gingerbread house


small group kids decorating cookies


Santa baby, pooped out

Sullivan's hardware house for the train ride


Sullivan Hardware train to the North Pole to see Santa





















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