The McCravy Monologues: Advent Activities

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Advent Activities

In previous years, we get about halfway through the Advent season and I'm kicking myself for not getting organized enough to add daily activities to our advent calendar. Not this year, though! We finally have activities and the kids LOVE it! Some of our activities are silly, some are crafty, some are service oriented, and some are just fun. Every morning at breakfast, the kids take turns putting the "characters" in the manger (we have the Fisher Price Advent calendar) and then Jack reads our activity for the day. I haven't done a great job documenting our activities in photos, but I've taken a few here and there and want to share the ones I have.

So far, 11 days into December, we have:

Made Christmas ornaments for our tree

Enjoyed hot cocoa with LOTS of marshmallows

Made Christmas pancakes - I saw such a cute idea using cookie cutters, but it was a bust here. We ended up adding red and green sprinkles and making their initials instead of Christmas shapes, but they loved it anyway!

Written letters to Santa

Made hand print wreaths

Enjoyed candy canes as a special snack (the sweettart flavored candy canes)

Volunteered with at the Salvation Army wrapping gifts for the Boys & Girls Club Christmas party

Made Christmas cards for our teachers

Watched a Christmas movie with popcorn

Bundled up to see the Christmas lights at Hopelands Gardens

And today we watched the Christmas parade

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Jack is our inquisitive firstborn. At five years old, he’s extremely interested in how things work and will ask a ton of questions until he gets a satisfactory answer. He's an active kid who enjoys running, jumping, and playing outside. However, give him a video game and he would sit and play all day if we let him. Lover of anything "Buzz" these days, he's definitely all boy. But don't let him fool you, he still has fun playing princesses with his sister! He is a great helper and loving big brother and his deep dimples melt our hearts every time he smiles.

Anna is our spunky three year old. She wants to do everything her big brother does, as long as she can do it while wearing a dress. She is Miss Independent most of the time, and certainly has her own sense of style these days. She loves being a helper around the house, and when she's in the mood, she's the best cleaner upper in the family! She enjoys reading books, singing, dancing, coloring, and playing dress up with her brothers. She will always be our baby girl, and has the biggest, sweetest blue eyes we’ve ever seen.

Sam is our stubborn number three. He's a stinker who manages get into EVERYTHING! It's hard to resist that wide smile and mischievous giggle, though, even when he's up to no good. He's a boy on the move and will do anything to keep up with his older siblings. He loves balls, trains, playing outside, and wearing everyone's shoes but his own. Some days he's still our snugly little boy, and that's quite alright with us because that boy with the toothy grin has brought an enormous amount of joy to our family!