Above is a Veggie Tales Nativity set, along with our advent calendar book and Madison's chocolate surprise advent calendar, one that has a bit of free chocolate in it each day. It's a daily routine for us each morning, as Madison learns a bit about the Nativity story, and then gets a piece of chocolate too. But also there is a small gift each morning: she finds something small hidden beneath the tree each morning, wrapped up and waiting for her as it gets one day closer to Christmas. How many days do we have left? According to the chain on the wall we've made, we have eight more sleeps. Madison keeps pulling off links from the "Advent Chain," each day telling us how many days are left. Not long to go!
Madison and Mommy were at the office today, helping prepare for the big finale of our series, "Humbug!" As a general promotion of the series (and our children's ministry in general), we had everyone wearing their official t-shirts. Here you can see Mommy and Madison proudly wearing theirs - my two girls look really good! We did a lot of work today, but were able to get out early - at least by 6:00 pm. That meant we could do some stories and watch some more Christmas specials. We've been watching something Christmassy every single night just about, and still have so many other movies leftover! Tonight we finally saw the new "Prep and Landing" special, and then watched a few more specials on top of that.
Our neighborhood is so great: we've had Christmas carolers the last few nights, singing songs and spreading good cheer. Some were giving away candy canes, which Madison and Mommy gobbled up immediately. Just last night in fact, we had Biker Santa riding through the community, spreading cheer on his Christmas Chopper:
He was putting the hammer down, just rippin' it up to bring a little Christmas cheer to the boys and girls around the neighborhood. As you can see above, Santa was sparking the pavement with his sled, getting everyone revved up for the Holidays!
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