That's great! We love the Jesus Storybook Bible, it just gets at the heart of Christ so beautifully and never gets old no matter how many times we read through it. Glad it's a good rhythm for your family!
Lovely ideas. This season is so intense with co-op and children's choir events from our homeschool group, that I find myself stressing a bit that we can accomplish all the necessary projects, memory verses, and rehearsal schedules AS WELL AS enjoying the season. I like that you give yourself permission to lighten the school load - I may do that as well. I just put the town tree lighting on our calendar :) we live in NJ right by NYC but I'm not yet brave enough to venture there with kids at Christmas!
Thanks Melissa! Yes NYC at Christmastime is intense! I hope you and your kids are able to have a meaningful Advent season! It sounds like you have some special traditions, so just also give yourself grace to not do it all (we take a big break from a lot of our schoolwork and pick it up again in January)...and I don't feel guilty about doing that : )
Such lovely advent countdown activities, Mollie! And oh I can remember the excitement and anticipation in making red and green paper chains waiting for Christmas as a kid! Enjoy this wonderful season with your growing family, sweet friend! ♥️
Lovely ideas!
We just started the Jesus Storybook Bible Advent Devotional! We do the bible in the morning and Storybook at night and our kids have been loving it!
That's great! We love the Jesus Storybook Bible, it just gets at the heart of Christ so beautifully and never gets old no matter how many times we read through it. Glad it's a good rhythm for your family!
So special! What a great list of ideas!
These are such great ideas! Countdowns are so much fun and build great anticipation
They really are! Thanks!
Lovely ideas. This season is so intense with co-op and children's choir events from our homeschool group, that I find myself stressing a bit that we can accomplish all the necessary projects, memory verses, and rehearsal schedules AS WELL AS enjoying the season. I like that you give yourself permission to lighten the school load - I may do that as well. I just put the town tree lighting on our calendar :) we live in NJ right by NYC but I'm not yet brave enough to venture there with kids at Christmas!
Thanks Melissa! Yes NYC at Christmastime is intense! I hope you and your kids are able to have a meaningful Advent season! It sounds like you have some special traditions, so just also give yourself grace to not do it all (we take a big break from a lot of our schoolwork and pick it up again in January)...and I don't feel guilty about doing that : )
Such lovely advent countdown activities, Mollie! And oh I can remember the excitement and anticipation in making red and green paper chains waiting for Christmas as a kid! Enjoy this wonderful season with your growing family, sweet friend! ♥️
Thank you, Jordan! What a neat perspective on Christmas, thanks for sharing that.