Well, we had a fun day today.  It was just what I needed.  We are hosting a homeschool co-op study on the Symbols of Christmas.  Dawn did most of the work.  Thanks, Dawn!!!  The kids are doing this lapbook from In the Hands of a Child. Even the littles got involved in the cutting and pasting.

The other moms and I so enjoyed the fellowship, and after some discussion on food issues (healthy, acceptable to kids, etc.), we’re thinking of doing some cooking together as well. After Christmas we’ll be starting another lapbook as well as doing a library day together. It does me a world of good to have the interaction. And to know others are going through such similar situations as wives, moms, and women in general.

And then after everyone was gone, and I had a chance to sit down and read some blogs, I was delighted to see this link from Rhen at Yes, They Are All Mine. 

Tomorrow is the first day of Advent, according to the twenty-five day calendar, though I’d like to do a Jesse Tree as well. It takes twenty-nine days I believe. I would love to make the ornaments from this site for next year. I’m going to try to at least get out my roughly-made felt advent calendar tomorrow. It’s not professional, but we like it. It’s a manger scene, with twenty-four pockets, and Baby Jesus moves from pocket to pocket until Dec. 25th, when He gets to lay in the manger.

Do you have your tree up yet?