Advent Crafts: Day 14, 15 and 16

Day 14: Trees

It was Andrew's day off, so our routine was thrown off a bit, but we still managed a quick craft: painting Christmas trees. But not just painted with boring old green paint - we added some mint extract to it and tried to teach Jonathan how to sniff...he just blew out his mouth when we said to smell the tree...oh well, he still had fun painting with Daddy. Unfourtunately, I already put his tree in a box for Nanna and Poppy, and forgot to take a picture of it! But he did a good job, and covered it with glitter.

Day 15: Baking!

Cherry Chews and

Butter tart squares

Recipes to follow in a couple days.

Day 16:

When Daddy gets home we will attempt to put some lights outside!!

Day 12: Donkey Friends

Day 12 - Donkey Puppet

Jonathan did great on gluing the body parts in the right places!

Then I had him trace some lines, and wow was I surprised at how well he did following the dots!!

Advent Crafts - Day 11

Day 11: Angels, Mary, Joseph and Baby Jesus

Today we made little paper angels! Each angel is made from a triangle, a circle and a cone coffee filter cut out with fancy scissors. Jonathan did so well with them - I just showed him each step on one angel and he repeated it on the other 3! He even was able to stick the little pieces of hair onto thier heads. I can't wait to Andrew's face when he finds all the glitter on his little boy :-)

We also read a story about angels and coloured a picture of Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus that Jonathan really liked - especially the donkey - so tomorrow we will make a donkey!

Jonathan is still loving his little "bay" :-)

Advent Crafts - Day 10

I've come to a point in my usually hectic life as a mother of two, that the kids have somewhat of a routine. Alexzander and Jonathan both get up around the same time, but Alexzander usually has a nap around 10 each morning. During this nap time, Jonathan and I have our quiet time to read, colour or do some early lunch/supper prep. Since it is Christmas time, I thought it would be nice to do some Christmas themed activities with him. I came across this wonderful website that gives suggestions for crafts to do each day of December. Since today is the tenth, I'm starting a little late, and using it as more of a guideline.


Day 10: Lambs and cows

The cow is covered with ground cloves, and smells very nice, and the lamb is covered in cotton balls. We also read The Crippled Lamb, by Max Lucado, a beautiful story about a lamb who feels left out, but ends up finding his purpose as a source of warmth for the new baby Jesus.
Jonathan loved the book, and pointing out all the animals, especially the cow. He also had a great time gluing the cotton balls on the lamb, and shaking the cloves out of the spice shaker onto his "moo".

Family Christmas Time

It's that wonderful time again...Christmas! It finally looked a little like winter this past Monday with a few hours' worth of snow, but of course the rain this morning took all that away. Anyways, we have our Christmas tree up, covered in decorations and sparkling with "chights". Jonathan is very very happy that we have "chights" in our window, and on our tree. He also enjoys the decorations on the tree, and so far is doing well with leaving them on the tree. We are looking forward to this Christmas season of celebrating our Saviour's birth through family time, baking, and gift giving!