Christmas is here at last. This is how I know.
The Nature of Nativities
Yesterday we put up our nice Nativity set and did the whole singing of songs and reading of scriptures and “This is why we have Christmas” Family Night. I thought we were off to a great start on our holiday season. Until this evening when I pulled out our stuffed “play” nativity set. I walked out of the room as the boys set it all up placing the baby Jesus just so and the Shepherd just right, congratulating myself on having taught my children the true meaning of Christmas. Ten minutes later I hear from the other room, “EARTHQUAKE!” and walk in to see Mary and Joseph flying through the air, the wise men falling down the stairs and who knows where the baby Jesus was. Oh, and the Angel? She was hanging on the door knob-Heavenly Host indeed.
Before and After the Earthquake
I don’t know, I think last year’s Angel placement was better….
The Advent of the Advent Calendar
I’ve been looking for an advent calendar this year so the boys could count down to Christmas. I was so excited about the one I found as I pictured their cherubic faces running to the calendar each morning to open up the next door that would bring them one day closer to Christmas. Let’s just say there were no cherubs at my house this morning. When I pulled out the calendar World War III broke out over who was going to get to open the first day and eat the candy. This possibility SHOULD have occurred to me before I put it up, but I’m a little slow sometimes and forget to anticipate the nature of small children. But I wanted this to be a lesson in taking turns and eventually we were able to reach a truce. Go Go gets to open all the green doors and Mr. Pres gets to open all the blue. Go Go got the first day and Pres gets Christmas Eve AND Christmas day which both happen to be blue. (oh, and visitation rights on Thursdays and Fridays every other month) But, everyone is happy. Sigh. Next year I will be more prepared when I pull out the advent calendar. I’ll have my lawyer present.
It did get better. Go Go spent the entire day analyzing the advent calender, opening every single door to make sure there was candy in every one. My word was just not good enough apparently. He had to see it. Then we had a great math lesson as he figured out exactly how many green doors there were and how many he had left to open. 12 doors-1 = 11 doors left! We even got into multiplication. “Mom! There are 4 rows of 3!”
It’s only December 1st. I’m just dying to find out what the next 24 days will bring.
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serves u right! But hey i agree with u last years angel placement was so much better.
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I learned that lesson last year the hard way — this year we opted (or in other words, I forgot to buy the calendars) for the paper rings…they seem content with one set…so far!
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