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19. You both get to pick what’s for breakfast and help make it! Drive to Aurora after church!

20. Make tamales with our big family!

21. Play Uno at Starbucks with Hot Chocolate!

22.Play violins at a nursing home! Tillers at 10AM

23. Build a snowman! (If no snow- Go to library and read books about Christmas!)

24. Read the Christmas story at Butterfinger’s house, pray, and rock baby Jesus to sleep while we sing him a lullaby.

25. Merry Christmas! Sing Happy Birthday to Jesus! Thank God for the greatest gift of all!

What an awesome celebration we had in December!

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O come, O come, Emmanuel
And ransom captive Israel
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appear
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.

7. Library Storytime! Make and Bake Dough Ornaments in the evening to give to family!
8. Buy food at the grocery store for the church food baskets.
9. Build a fort and read stories in it with Daddy!

10. Have an indoor picnic!
11. Have a Pasados fiesta with our homeschool friends studying Mexico!

12. Build a train around the tree!

13. Make and hang edible gifts for the birds and squirrels!
14. Library storytime for Emma! Make cookies for nursing home folks!
15. Play violins at nursing home!

16. Ryan sings in choir at church! Girls paint toenails!

17. Watch a movie with popcorn!

18. Family Wii Night!!

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Here we make time in December to intentionally be a family. Creating memories, focusing on others and on each other. Mostly to slow down and remind our children, "So glad we took this time today to celebrate Advent. This was fun to be together!"
Here is the beginning of our list. Make one of your own to fit your family!

From Advent 2009

1. Make a manger for baby Jesus.
2. Make paper snowflakes.



3. Camp out around the tree with flashlights, blankets and stories!

4. Make chocolate covered treats.

5. Dance like crazy to music!


6. Go to Daddy's concert!!!