Advent

As we head into the last day of the month I'm so excited for Christmas and the Advent season. I don't think I've been this excited for Christmas than when I was about 8 years old. For this 34th Christmas I'll be finished with school and ready to spend some time with my family - choosing to be thankful, choosing to share what we have, choosing Christmas gifts for my little ones and enjoying sitting in my cozy house smelling the cinnamon and being reminded that I am cared for, loved and forgiven.

As I start the season we have some ideas for advent but I thought I would share some of the sites I have liked getting ideas from

Impress your Kids - a blog with great ideas for creative ways to engage your children in this time of anticipation and HOPE in the coming Christ.

Design Mom Blog - She doesn't have many advent ideas but I've gotten some ideas from her about sibling gifts. Last year my kiddos made each other gifts and we will be doing the same this year. She has five kids of different ages and they have a variety of ideas. At the end of the post I linked there are a few ideas from several years of gifts.

I have lots of ideas but I don't use near all of them. If you want to read some of my posts last year about books, gift ideas or advent stuff enjoy. I'll let you know how we are celebrating this year. When my kids get older I would love to do something like this but for this year I'm thinking about make an advent calendar out of tomato cans - I think with some hot glue it will work!