Happy Birthday, Jesus

"Of Course you can help, Stacia." She'll get lots of practice at how to insert candles in the next few weeks. LOL


Our last clue and advent gift*..... This led to Christmas Crackers"...

Singing Happy Birthday to Jesus

Enjoying our Christmas Crackers at Jesus' party

Gifts to Jesus - things we'd been "caught" doing throughout the past month were written on slips of paper and put in this stocking. We read the slips and it was a great time of affirmation and contemplation. I left this Christmas Stocking up most the year in 2008 as a "reminder". It's been suggested that I leave it out again this year, and that we FILL IT and open it once a month on our family nights. We may do that.

*Advent Calendar Gifts - 6 days into this I was sick of gifts and the focus....then we did a "mental shift" and decided that Mike and I would not fill stockings this year...so this was the stocking throughout the month. The kids and Mike loved the hunts. I did too. We'll probably do this again and simply let the kids fill the stockings.

©2008 D.R.G.