I love this time of year. My mom came down after Thanksgiving and helped get my house all festive for Christmas. And she painted a bathroom while she was here too. When my mom visits, it is project time. She always helps me do things that are impossible to do with little ones running around.( Like painting a bathroom vanity) I'll have to post pictures of the bathroom later. It looks so great though. Anyway...on to traditions.
When I married Joey we inherited this adorable little advent calendar from his mom. I love it because 1) I am setimental about "family" items 2) Jackie lovingly made it by hand...even more sentimental and 3) It goes right along with my vintage taste.
In each little stocking is tucked a scripture. Every night we sit around the table by the light of a candle and read the scripture and have a little treat. It feels cozy. Like hot chocolate cozy...and then the little ones go off to bed. They don't always stay there. Actually putting them to bed is always hard. But this little part of our evening helps me to remember why we celebrate Christmas and though they may not always be completely listening to the scripture, I know they get the idea that Christmas is about something greater and they can feel it.
2 comments:
We are up early getting ready to pack and leave for Bakersfield in a few hours. We can hardly wait to see each one of you. I love the starts above the fireplace -- looks really cute with the nativity scene on the mantle. I'm glad you like the advent calendar -- it hung in our home when Joey was growing up. See you soon!
I love that advent calendar. I would love to have one of my own. We used to have one that had the nativity set that we would put a camel, angel or whatever else went with the nativity up.
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