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The Advent Calendar

November 30, 2013

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the last day of november, oh my!
the girls decorated their rooms for christmas and i am in love with those egg carton twinkle lights we made!

the advent calendar is out and ready for tomorrow.
i remember how magical it was to open those little windows each morning to find a candle or a sleigh or a bell.
i am not sure if my girls find it as exciting as i once did but even hannah, at almost twelve, asks for one each year.

they do however get excited for the advent calendar that i started hanging a few years back which is just simply a string of envelopes with the date on each one. each envelope includes a little slip of paper with a holiday activity we will hope to achieve that day.

i make things simple and easy.

tomorrow we will take out all of our christmas books, many of which were mine when i was a girl which makes this one of my favorite activities!

this month i plan to include you on each day’s envelope.

Filed Under: Traditions and Celebrations Tagged With: 2013, advent. november, christmas, home, tradition

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