naomi was visiting the grandparents and came home with her own "cookie-adventscalendar". she must have been baking all afternoon with the wonderful grandma. of course the stars had to be strung and made ready for the first of advent to come, yes it will be saturday, this saturday already! there is a sense of getting ready for the wonderful exciting time of advent to come in the air. each child has also had in some way a project to prepare for their advents-calendars in school.
naomi's class will be opening windows with each of them containing a drawing or painting of one of the kids. the window panels are all so beautifully decorated and each of the windows has a unique shape chosen by the child making it.
amos has not given away what his class is doing...
elias' class has chosen to come up with the idea of casting lots and each child will be making little presents to one other child.
for myself, i'm in the middle of wrapping the little presents we will have in our advents-calendar pockets. we are keeping with our old calendar, just new little presents for all the family member to enjoy.
and yes thea has gotten her own advents-star, by her godmother. i'm so glad there are friends stopping by and visiting on such a bleak afternoon as today, sipping on a cup of hot tea and enjoying her company, even reading some books together. thea savored all of it and i guess that's how it should be.
the later afternoons are long, even after the visitors left, there was over an hour before we would be sitting down for dinner. and i'm so very glad, that not just running and stomping and chasing has been chosen as an activity, but sitting and playing an "elfer raus" a wonderful alternative for all of us.
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