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Advent Calendar
So, in an attempt to enjoy the month of December and hoping that me EDD doesn't hit me too hard, I've come up with an idea.
Growing up we always did an advent calendar. My brother and I would alternate days & open up a small present each day. Obviously I can't really do something like that with just DH & I. But I saw on pinterest an activity advent calendar.
Ideas like: bake & decorate cookies, buy a toy and donate to toys for tots, drive around and look at christmas lights, watch a christmas moves, make hot cocoa, etc.
I haven't pitched the idea to DH yet - hopefully he'll be up for it. I think it will be a good thing for us, especially if a few days we are making donations somewhere.
Do you guys have any suggestions on things we could do? I think I have about 15 or so idea so far.. so I need to come up with more!
TTC since March 2012
BFP 3/14/13!!!
U/S 4/15: Identical twins!
Lost my angel boys at 10.5 weeks
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Re: Advent Calendar
I used to love Christmas before work sucked the joy out of it. Sigh.
Big things like the tree/ decorating can be planned if you have regular/ dependable schedules. Just put that activity on a day that you have off.
And I'm stealing this idea. I have an advent calendar that past years have put candy and notes to my H in.
TTC since June 2012
I love elf!! I watch it any time it's on tv. It's one of my favorite Christmas movies.
Yeah, I decided not to add things like decorating the Christmas tree and stuff, mostly because we do that the day after Thanksgiving anyways. And I'm going to make sure I choose certain things for weekends that will need more time. But a lot of things are just easy simple things, just to give us something small to do & keep spirits up. I've also found quite a few charity things to do.. food pantry, animal shelters, children's hospitals, etc. I like that we'll be doing something good too.
Thanks for the suggestions ladies! DH & I went through our list yesterday. I'm excited to get started on organizing it.
TTC since March 2012
BFP 3/14/13!!!
U/S 4/15: Identical twins!
Lost my angel boys at 10.5 weeks
My Chart***My TTC blog