Day Three Hundred and Thirty One
We joined Jared out at his shop today. Thanksgiving was a long tiring day because Luc was really fussy out at my in-laws. For some reason he wouldn’t settle down and it made it hard to relax and enjoy the holiday. So we decided to try spending the day at the shop and see if we could have a little family time while getting work done. I’m supposed to write a newsletter and blogpost for Jared while chasing the boys and he is supposed to get a table built. So far so good, but I’m worried about naptime with no cribs…
I blew through two R.K. Narayan books yesterday and am feeling pretty good about only having 20 more to go. I should be able to finish two more today (fingers crossed!) and that has me sitting pretty for the month of December.
And speaking of December, I’m starting to get wound up for the Advent season. We were pretty light on tradition in my family and so was Jared’s so we kind of have to start from scratch. I’d rather tap into old traditions than make new ones up so here is our tentative plan.
Buy or make an advent calendar.
Write down 24 things to do and put one in each slot/drawer/pocket.
Do that thing on that day.
BE FLEXIBLE.
Some of our ideas are as follows:
Drive out and look at Christmas lights.
On the first weekend go get and decorate our tree.
Make hot apple cider.
Go visit Great-Grandparents in the evening and take them goodies.
Set up our creche (after getting/making one).
Write Christmas letters.
Since the boys are so small we will not try too hard this year but we were super busy and tired the last few years so it seems nice to get started. I also want to try an Advent wreath but am nervous about keeping the boys out of everything. We’ll see how it goes. I also think it would be fun to celebrate the 12 days of Christmas…
November 28th, 2008 at 5:02 am
I do so love the old traditions. Go figure, I know. My friend from Denmark has sent me some fun things in the past … paper stars and advent candles. I think it's these simple treasures that make Christmas special.
And I would totally make an advent wreath with you … I'm just not sure when I would fit it in. Wretched luck really…