This year I decided we needed a little help to really get into the holiday spirit. Luckily I know a great group of ladies from an online forum (my dad calls them my imaginary friends...nice huh?) who have amazing ideas. They've been talking about advent calendars.
You know, there are those ones you can buy at the store that have a piece of chocolate counting down each day til Christmas. Or there are the ones with little doors where you can hide a little toy or treat. Those are cute and all but if you have more than one kid then there has to be trading off if you are up to listening to the fighting and whining every day, or one for each child if you're not. Fun. Not really.
But leave it to my imaginary friends to put a fresh spin on an old tradition. Instead treating your family to a mini sugar rush, why don't you plan an activity for the entire family to enjoy each day. Genius I tell you! Pure genius :)
So that is exactly what I've done (with some help from my mom.....Thanks Mom!). We have a fun activity planned for every day leading to Christmas. Some are simple like reading a story or watching a movie. Some are creative like building a gingerbread house. And some are a little more exciting like going to Zoo Lights. We have some religious ones planned to hopefully help the kids remember the reason for the season too. Whatever the activity it will be spent with family. I can't think of a better way to bring some holiday cheer.
I think this may just turn out to be my favorite part of the holiday season this year!
