Isn’t that a mom’s ultimate job?  We have to be prepared for everything so that at some point we end up preparing to prepare!  Here is a quick glimpse into some of the new (or new again) things that have appeared in our home this first week of Advent 2011.  This is just an overview, so if you would like me to expound on any of them leave a quick note and I will try to get to those first.

This is also only just a beginning, a few years ago my friend Meredith posted (or maybe told me in person- can I tell the difference any more?) about how she likes to slowly decorate to build anticipation.  That stuck with me so instead of putting out everything this weekend, we started small and will keep building as we move through these next four weeks.

For Home
This weekend we added greens to every corner we could find

8 feet of real tree beauty- there is also a new tree skirt hiding under there.  

See those tiny tin advent candles?  These were purchased, I’m going to see about coming up with a good tutorial.

For School

Cotton ball tweezing.  We will also do cotton balls in the sensory bin for Logan this week.
Rolling and cutting sugar cookies.  We are going to do this with real dough- more on that later!
Nativity Memory
File folder activities made from Raising (&Teaching) Little Saints Advent Activities Unit.
For Family
A new Jesse Tree, excuse the wrinkles. Tutorial to come, time permitting.

Link Ups (AKA lots of other even cooler ideas!)

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