Advent Calendars 2010

Merry belated Christmas, everyone! Forgot to post this earlier. We spent Christmas at The Ranch as we do every year - photos to come. The girls were very excited throughout and in the leadup to Christmas, the girls have enjoyed working on their advent calendars each day. Grandma Karen and Grandpa Arne gave these to the girls some years ago, but they were not quite ready to really appreciate them. This year, both Emily and Jenna were disciplined enough to count down the days to Christmas.

This was the one Emily worked on. Every day she took one little character out of its respective cubby hole, and hung it on a hook.



Jenna's was a magnetic Nativity scene. We'd used this on our fridge in previous years, with dismal results. Containing it on a board and keeping it out of smaller hands' reach was the key.



Kate got the handmade version. Each day she put her hand into a pocket and pulled out an edible treat and a slip of paper with a non-edible treat - sometimes a Christmas book, a Christmas DVD, a craft or a trip.