Christmas Book: Day 7

We read Stick Man by Julia Donaldson tonight. This was a fun book to read. We loved the sing-songy writing of the book.



It is always a good day when Sam see his Pop pop's ... even better when he bring him more "Go Ducks!" gear.

Christmas Book: Day 6

Today's book was Santa Claus the World's Number One Toy Expert by Marla Frazee. The kids really had fun with the book and really had fun getting their photo taken ... without the book tonight.

Christmas Book: Day 5

Today we read One Thousand Christmas Beards by Roger Duvoisin. I read about this book several years ago and finally ordered in on Alibis to add it to our collection. It is a fantastic classic, hard to find, Christmas story. In the book Santa is a little bit naughty and has to learn the meaning of sharing Christmas spirit.



Anna and Sam also tested out Santa beards ... the only one we had was Mr. Potato's. Lucky for us, that potato is a sharer.

Christmas Book: Day 4

Today's book was Toot & Puddle: I'll Be Home for Christmas by Holly Hobbie. The favorite part of this book was finding the cut out paper Christmas tree stars to add to our very own Christmas tree. Thanks for the little gift Toot & Puddle.

Christmas Book: Day 3

Today's book was Fletcher and the Snowflake Christmas by Julia Rawlinson. This is a beautifully illustrated book. It has a very sweet and has little message to remind them about one of the most important aspects of the season ... friendship.



While Sam napped at Nana's house, Anna and Nana built a gingerbread house. I think more candy was eaten then stuck onto the house.



Ta da ...

Christmas Book: Day 2

Today's book was Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree by Robert Barry. This was a favorite book from last Christmas. Anna and Sam really like watching the tiny tree get even smaller and get passed on to ever-tinier families.



We had our art Thursday with Henry today. This week they made snowman winter pages. I really liked how Sam's artwork turned out this week. He finally got the idea of where/how to dress his snowman.



Anna had a hibernation party at school today. She has so much fun wear pj's to class and ringing her arm like a bell to "wake up, little brown bear!"

Christmas Book: Day 1

This year, I was able to find 25 Christmas books for our advent calendar. Today we read The Christmas Giant by Steve Light. This was a great book to start off the month. The book is very sweet and gentle, it captured the spirit of Christmas, of friendship, of hard work, and of resourcefulness. Both Anna and Sam were very excited to unwrap the book and listen to the story.



This is all the books, ready to be unwrapped and discovered. I am really excited to see if the books will help to build on all the great aspects of Christmas that I love.



We also had a impromptu little mustache party earlier on in the day .. woo hoo!