Mommy has been busy with extra-special Christmas treats and activities for the kiddos this year! Because Savannah is constantly asking me "how many days until [fill in the blank], we often do countdown paper chains so she can tear a link off each day and keep track of the number of days until whatever event she is excited about. But, I actually planned in advance and set up a Christmas countdown calendar for them for the month of December.
Each envelop has two candy treats and a card telling what our special Christmas activity for the day will be. Each morning the kids squabble over who opened the envelop yesterday, and after reaching an agreement, they tear the envelop open to see what's in store for the day. So far, we have written letters to Santa, made candy trees (sugar cones covered in frosting and candy decorations -- Daddy is often caught red-handed and guilty-faced munching on a tree and proclaiming that they are delicious!), paper snowflakes, and paper chains. After a trip to Hobby Lobby and the grocery store, we have stocked up with all the glitter, felt, jewels, ribbon, and candy to make lots of fun things this month -- cookies, gingerbread houses, snow globes, ornaments, and lots of other goodies.
It may be 70 degrees out here in Alabama, but Mommy is working hard to make sure that it feels like Christmas around here!
