The halls are decked!

I spent Sunday getting out the decor!
I had to finish on Monday.
This is one of our new items...

The kids and I filled it with things to do each day, to help us feel the Christmas spirit.
Today I whipped up a ready-made album, so we can keep a record of our count down.
I hope this will help us stay present, doing something special each day, and recording it.

We started Monday, also had the fab Preece's over for dinner and FHE, they are a hoot!
Our first drawer was 'read a Christmas story'. We got out the red velvet binder and read a story about the first Christmas that Santa delivered gifts and how Santa chose reindeer to pull his sleigh.

Day 23 in the count down was 'see Christmas lights'. We need to give that one some time, and we need to find a fun place to go. So, for now we put up lights in the kids rooms. They loved it, and will for the season.

We are also doing a scripture advent calendar.
I want to take photos of as much as we can.
I love this time of year!