Celebrating Advent!

We got this great advent calendar that is made up of mini-books of the Christmas story to be read each day that are also ornaments to hang on the tree. Mom and I also made this other advent calendar that we've been using to do an activity each day to remind us Christ's purpose in coming to earth and to celebrate his birth! We've done things like make ornaments, Christmas cookies, a board game called "journey to Bethlehem", a dance to "jingle bell rock" (hilarious), read special Christmas stories, etc. Lots of fun and keeps us focused on what Christmas is all about. I was a little worried about the girls not being as "excited" about Christmas since we decided not to play up the whole santa thing, but I think they are even more excited about the big birthday celebration that we are leading up to!