Elfie showed up this morning on the kitchen counter. He had a note for the kids and set out pancake mix, sprinkles, a mixing bowl and was holding a spatula. The note said we should celebrate his arrival with pancakes like they have in the North Pole...with sprinkles!
The kids were so excited to see him! Jackson was eager to try pancakes with sprinkles and ate every bite.
They both wanted to touch him, but refrained when I reminded them that he would lose his magic. They gave Elfie some ideas about where to hide and showed him new things they have learned since last Christmas. Madelyn used the potty all by herself a few times and Jackson cleaned up the living room in record time :)
At supper tonight, we started our new advent devotional book.
You can buy it at Christianbook.com here.
We had been reading a verse from the Bible every night, but I wanted to start the story of Christmas after Thanksgiving.
This book begins with a scripture passage written in a language children can understand and follows with a prayer. There is also an activity that connects to the story at the end. Tonight, the activity was to make an angel and hang it on the tree. Because we had a late supper and I didn't plan ahead, we are going to do that after church tomorrow.
We also started a bedtime Christmas book that has a scripture passage, story, prayer and poem. The kids loved it and begged to read two. Good thing there are so many stories... Who could say no to that? :)
The big question as they were getting ready for bed was: Where will Elfie be hiding in the morning?
No comments:
Post a Comment