Practicing for our church childrens’ program!
December Daily: Day One
December 2nd, 2012 by Aubri
Getting back to my December Daily posts, capturing moments each day until Christmas. I didn’t do this last year, hopefully I can keep it going this year.
December 1st preparations are made for Advent.
Nativity sets are starting to make their way out of storage, those that the babies can play with at least. Full blown Christmas decorating is still a ways off for us.
I’ve finally decided on what I want to do for my Jesse Tree ornaments. I found small wooden discs at Hobby Lobby and volunteered Verna to paint the designs for each day on them. They’re gonna look great!
And this year I hung my Advent wreath above our table. I like that it will be enjoyed but out of the way.
How do you prepare for Advent?
Daybook: December
December 1st, 2012 by Aubri
Living Seasonally:
We’re through Fall and Thanksgiving and we leave behind so much of the fun we had for that season and head into this season of Advent and Christmas. I think of all the things I’d love to do for Christmas “this year”, the baking, the gifting, the activities and just thinking about it makes me tired.
With all these little sugar babies I just don’t have the time or the energy to do it all and honestly, I think that’s the way it should be. I’m learning to be thankful for the times of the day that I just have to sit down with Ephraim to feed him, it can frustrate me to have to leave what I’m in the middle of, but it is a constant “STOP” in my day to force me to think on what is most important for that moment and for all the moments of life, for this season of my life.
As we enter Advent I think on that a lot, the forced “STOP”, the hush that these penitential seasons bring to our busy days as we wait and prepare for Christmas, as we wait for our Christ, as we wait for that eternal and glorious rest to come. The blessed day when we can put down all our busy days, our work, our burdens.
