This is one of our advent calendars. The little doors open and each day we take out two papers. One with a bible verse about Christmas and one with our advent activity for that day. Here are some of the fun things we've been doing to make Christmas a month-long celebration of our Savior! 
- Snowflake Lane in Bellevue (we did this three times already! it's sooooo fun!)
- The Lights of Christmas at Warm Beach Camp
- Candy Cane Lane in Seattle
- Bellevue Botanical Gardens D'lights
- Decorate our Trees (we are so Christmasy, we have two!)
- Put lights up on our own house
- Put up lights in the kids' rooms
- Set up Nativity scences and talk about Jesus' birth
- Drink eggnog and read Christmas books by the fire
- Make and decorate cookies for gifts
- Go see Santa and take pictures
- Make an ornament with our Cousin Ethan
- Make gingerbread houses with Ethan
- Go shopping with kids for gifts for each other
- Molbaks to see the poinsettia tree and have kringle
- Eat Candy canes
- Take a walk in our neighborhood to look at people's lights
- Deliver Christmas gifts to our neighbors
- Daddy dates and Mommy dates
- Wrap presents for family together
- Watch movies together: The Grinch, Charlie Brown's Christmas, It's a Wonderful Life
- Sleep out by the Christmas tree
Here is Clara's gingerbread house. These kits are only $10 at Costco.
The angel ornament project. We tried to replicate an ornament I made in BSF when I was 6. It was fun to make the same thing with Clara and Ethan.
Merry Christmas!
Cousins reunited. Clara and Jack hadn't seen Noah since April.
Jillian made this awesome "Verde" hat for Jeff.
Christmas dinner in our musical hats.
Clara ready for the Christmas Carol whistling number game.
Matching cousins.
Pops playing scrabble with Clara.
Clara made brownies with Gigi.
