Second Week of Advent

 

Just thought I'd share a picture of Rose's Advent Calendar that her Gramma surprised her with!  She looks forward to her little chocolate suprises so much each day!  

Advent Calendars are such a wonderful way to show children how  exciting it is to be counting down the days towards the Birth of Baby Jesus!  

Like most of you, I have many memories of the exciting anticipation of opening each Little Door of the Calendar each day!  It's truly a not-to-be-missed part of childhood!


We're planning on going out to get our Christmas Tree on the 16th or so.  We have used a real tree each Christmas up to now, but this year we decided to go for a fake one, mainly to eliminate any dangers associated with pine needles and toddlers!  

So look out for our next post when I'm hoping to show you our completely decorated Tree next week!!  

I think the little girls will have lots and lots of fun decorating it with us!  I'm definetly looking forward to this upcoming 'Decorating Season'!

Hope your'e all enjoying a blessed Advent

Your Sister in Christ,
Mrs Allen

Books For Advent and Christmas Season!

Greetings in this First Week of Advent, Feast of St Francis Xavier

I have many memories, as a child, of books at particular seasons of the year, that I found so enchanting that they've stayed vividly in my memory...along with the childlike joy, excitement and wonder that were evoked when first discovering each new little world of discovery.  One that especially leaps to mind at this time of year is 'The Night Before Christmas' - almost more for the warm, magical and fuzzy-feelings-paintings than for the actual story!


While recently checking my favorite blogs, I've recently been finding some utterly delightful book titles, that these mothers having been sharing with us mothers.  I've been finding many to save up for, to get for my little girls, that I wanted to share with you all!  Of course the prices for these books on amazon are high right now, since we're in the midst of the Season, so, since I've only just discovered most of these new delights, I'll have to wait until later in the New Year to purchase them..sigh!

Alrightie, here's the List of these utterly lovely Advent and Christmas Season Young Childrens' Books!  The pictures of the front covers are far more exciting to look at, than just the titles - so hop and skip over to Amazon, just to enjoy some window shopping, at least for starters! *chuckle!*

1 Winter Wonderland by National Geographic
2 The Candymaker's Gift
3 The Twelve Days of Christmas by Spirin
4 The Night Before Christmas by Moore
5 Creation by Spirin
6 We Three Kings by Spirin
7 Advent Storybook
8 The Jesse Tree
9 Snowmen At Christmas
10 A Wish To Be A Christmas Tree
11 Lucia Saint of Light
12 St Nicholas: The Real Story of the Christmas Legend
13 Good King Wenceslas
14 My Penguin Osbert: Midi Edition
15 Christmas Cookies: Bite-Size Holiday Lessons
16 The Living Nativity
17 The Little Shepard Girl: A Christmas Story
18 Humphrey's First Christmas
19 Kirsten's Surprise: A Christmas Story
20 Lucia, Saint of Light

..If you do succeed in bringing home any of these treasures, I can promise you will find yourselves enjoying an Advent and Christmas every bit as exciting and warming as when we were children!


Enjoy with all your hearts!!


Your Sister in Christ,
Mrs Allen