Our Wonderfilled Life: December 2012

Fear not friends!

While today is December 1st, if you have yet to fill

your advent calendar, you are not alone.

I am putting the finishing touches on ours this evening.

I found that most of our activities fell within 6 categories:

craft

movie

event

silly

treat

giving

{Craft}

tree trimming, ornament decorating, snowglobe making

{Movies}

check out ABC Family's 25 days of Christmas programming guide

{Event}

zoo lights, polar express train ride, holiday town celebration

{Silly}

one of our favorites...

and another.

{Treat}

baking Christmas cookies, making Jesus a birthday cake,

celebrating any half birthdays during advent

{Giving}

simple acts of kindness

The organization of this list two dozen things just made it easier on me to add in our favorites and traditions, but also include some new things for the year.

For us the events usually fall on the weekend and the rest during the week, movies often on Friday nights. I also use the silly day on our busiest schedule day of the week, i.e. every Wednesday is silly day.

1. zoo holiday lights celebration

2. mail letters to Santa

3. read about the candy cane and enjoy one as a special treat

4. {movie night} jack frost and ice cream sundaes for dessert

5. do something special for someone in our family to say "I love you"

6. make and decorate ornaments

7. town christmas celebration and tree lighting

8. polar express to the north pole

9. make snowglobes

10. spreed some cheer to our neighbors

11. find mom for a silly break

12. gaze at the same stars and moon as they did on the night of Jesus' birth