We’ve been celebrating Advent for about 5 or 6 years. I can’t remember the exact year that we started, but I think it’s been 6 years.
I found some Advent devotional books that were highly recommended by lots of people. The books had what color candles to use in the wreath, and what the colors meant.
A couple of years ago, we started decorating a Jesse Tree during Advent.
Crosswalk has a very informative article about Advent customs, traditions, and where they come from.
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what I want to do when I am finished homeschooling my children. Our youngest is 16, with a couple of years of high school left to complete. Just having one student is so different from homeschooling all 6. I have a lot of time on my hands now….
because I can’t think of a title. 🙂 Today has been a sorta relaxed day today. Oh, we got work done, but in a relaxed sort of way. 🙂 We skipped piano today, so I only had to make a pharmacy run for D’s blood pressure medicine. The pharmacy is 2 miles from our house,…
I’m out here sitting by the pool watching the kids. Thankfully, it’s a very nice evening. We had to get a new pool this year. When we tried to set up the old one, we found a hole in the bottom. My husband tried to patch it, but the patch came right off. The kids…
We have a lot of family traditions for Christmas. We start with decorating right after Thanksgiving. The kids love to hang lights everywhere. We celebrate Advent with an Advent Wreath and a Jesse Tree. We drink egg nog on the first night of Advent and on Christmas Eve. We always have a birthday cake for Jesus on…
We got all our errands done, and stopped for ice cream. 🙂 The kids had a coupon for a free cone that they got at the library reading program. Calen tried to trade his to me though. “I’ll trade you my coupon for a milkshake!” lol No go. If one trades, they all want to…
My new best friend!!!! LOL