Advent

We usually put our decorations up on the first weekend of Advent, but as we were away all day on Saturday, and rugby dominated yesterday, we will be decorating our house next weekend.

So this week I will be making all sorts of decorations with J, using the Usborne 100 Christmas Things to Make and Do book.

J has started on his Advent treats.   He has a Chocolate Advent Calander which is based on the true meaning of Christmas, an advent countdown, which starts from number 24 so he knows how many days are left until Christmas Eve and also he opens a Christmas book each day (just about managed to get  24 books from the Charity Shops and Amazon, plus had a few from last year).  He started with Lego City - Save This Christmas.  It was a bit of a naff story, but he liked it because the story is about lego figures.

We got the idea for our Advent Countdown treats from Glittering Muffins (we turned ours around the other way so he cant see the treats inside).

So business as usual this week, study for the older two, but as we are in the Christmassy groove, am scaling their study time to mornings only.

Have a few activities to print out for J

The Twelve Days of Christmas Pack  which will go alongside the book he will open this week
The Nativity Pack

The Polar Express Pack as this is also included in his Advent book collection, and we will also watch the film as he hasn't seen it before.

The Reindeer Pack

The Christmas Pack which is to go alongside the book - "There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Bell" which he will be opening today.

All of the above is from the 3 Dinosaurs Blog on the Printables tab.


Today I  attempt to make a start on deep cleaning the house before the decorations go up, starting as soon as I get up and everyone is awake, fed, washed and dressed, as I have a friend coming round for coffee this morning.

This evening I will be writing out my Christmas Cards, whilst sipping a small glass of Baileys. x