Clearly Christmas: Advent Week 4

In my first post on Advent I mentioned what we would be doing for everyday as Christmas draws nearer and nearer…

Here is a summary and links to the se7en things we are doing each day:

• A Joke A Day.
• 24 day board or card game challenge.
• A stop over at the Jesse Tree Blog on Blissfully Domestic.
• A visit to the Christmas Carol Advent Devotional.
• Some of our Christmas Preparation: make gifts, cards or gift wrap.A Craft from Bella Dia of the Crafty Crow.
• Wild Card Fun:
  • friends to play
  • an outing
  • a Christmas Crafty Project
  • a cooking adventure
  • A new skill
  • a Movie
  • online fun – audible stories or Christmas games

And here is a run down of each days activities as we wander our way through to Christmas…

Advent Day 22: Monday

Joke:

How do you make a slow reindeer fast?

Don’t feed it

Game Played: Checkers.

Jesse Tree: Mary – a heart.

Christmas Carol: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel.

Christmas Preparation: Finally got going with helping the kids make their gifts for their siblings.

Bella Dia Advent Craft: Miniature Felted Wool Wreaths.

Wild Card: Had friends over to swim until we couldn’t swim anymore. And we started reading the Christmas Carol. We are so loving it. Just a chunk a day. I thought it would go over the top of the little guys heads – but they are right in there, with comments and questions. Lovely.

Advent Day 23: Tuesday

Joke:

Who delivers Christmas presents to cats?

Santa Paws

Game Played: Pick up Sticks.

Jesse Tree: Joseph – tools.

Christmas Carol: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silent

Christmas Preparation: Made all the gifts for our friends and wrapped them up good to go! Baked and baked… a massive baking day!

Bella Dia Advent Craft: Felted Wool Mitten Ornaments. We didn’t do this I am all felted out. But we did have a treasure hunt for mittens instead… we found them creeping out of drawers, we found them amongst the pots!

Wild Card: The adult persons left the kid people with friends and went out like adult people for lunch – wonderful!!! Everywhere was quiet and empty, I guess there was a last minute dash somewhere, but not in my space!

Advent Day 24: Wednesday

Joke:

Why is Santa like a bear on Christmas Eve?

Because he’s sooty.

Game Played: Cluedo. That’s it, we have survived the twenty four day game challenge. I can’t believe we even own twenty-four games!

Jesse Tree: Mary.

Christmas Carol: O Come All Ye Faithful; Who is This; Joy to the World.

Christmas Preparation: Wrapped all the kids gifts!

Bella Dia Advent Craft: Catch yourself! We were let off!!! Really the Crafty Crow has been fantastic and we have had so much fun doing all the Christmas Crafts.

Wild Card: Kirstenbosch with friends. Followed by a trip to story time at our best book shop.

Advent Day 25: Thursday

Christmas at last!