Advent

The girls have been eagerly counting down the days until Christmas with their Advent Calendars. Pop-Pop and Nana sent them a chocolate calendar from Africa and then we have our wooden door calendar with notes on festive activities each day. We have done crafts, donated toys to Toys-for-Tots and eaten lots of festive treats including peppermint ice cream cones, s'mores and hot chocolate with marshmallows and of course watched Christmas movies.



The girls also wrote letters to Santa. Eliza asked for toys (generically) but when prompted for more detail said "animals, bunnies, dogs, cats, a mouse and a teddy bear." Here is Addie's letter. She has asked for "more."

We had Gran with us for 10 days and are sad to see her go back home. Pop-Pop, Nana and Drew arrive on Christmas day so we are excited for their visit.