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Advent Activities and a Date Night Look

December 3, 2021 /

Oftentimes when on vacation with some time on my hands I like to plan ahead. It might be meal planning, activity planning or planning for another vacation. During our vacation at the beach, I decided that I want to change up our advent calendar this year by adding service activities to our craft projects. I am trying to stress the real meaning of Christmas/Nativity to the children which is celebrating the birth of Christ as well as fostering the children’s empathy and spirit of giving.

I sat with the boys one morning to get some input and ideas from them (both crafts and things that would be helpful to others) and added to those ideas with some of my ideas. The calendar at the end is our list and the finished product was written on colorful cardstock strips that I filled our calendar with (which was made by my talented friend Veronique years ago as a gift).

As I am realizing with my children as they grow older, being unselfish does not always come naturally and we need to help them think of others. This is one way to do that! We started by stopping by a church on Wednesday to donate a new jacket and today, we will be shopping for the child we picked on the Salvation Army angel tree at church. Each child will choose one of the items.

Since my children typically do not have a lot of chores during the school week, one of the things I added to the calendar was “free chores”. Doing a chore to help me out benefits all of us: I get help and they help someone without expecting a reward.

I wore this outfit for a date night with my hubby at the beach and had my oldest babysit his brothers. We enjoyed a delicious meal at Cafe 30A and since our reservation was early, we were able to take advantage of their B1G1 half off entrees. I bought this dress online at Walmart last year and my booties are quite old and in need of an update but I love the low shaft and am hanging on to them until I find the perfect pair to replace them.

I am leaving you with our calendar and list of activities. Are you or did you do something similar with your kids when they were younger?

A bientôt!

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