family advent calendar, day 16.
Well, I seem to have worn out my kids. They all voted to skip today's activity (gingerbread house decoration) and to do it tomorrow instead which means mom has to shuffle the activity cards a bit to make it all fit. This is kind of funny since they have been known to complain about boredom before and the request to please entertain them has also been heard many times at our house. But not today. Today was a day for cuddling the dog, dancing to VERY loud christmas music and a great day to read an entire book in one sitting. Tomorrow I'm sure everyone will be up to more crafts but today was a good day for lingering.
Ich habe es geschafft: die Kinder sind von den vielen Aktivitäten jeden Tag müde und haben heute einstimmig beschlossen, die heutige Aktivität (Lebkuchenhaus dekorieren) auf morgen zu verschieben. Da sonst immer mal gejammert wird, das es ja sooo langweilig ist und man gar keine Ahnung hat, was man denn machen könnte, ist das eine sehr willkommene Abwechslung! Statt dessen wurde heute mit dem Hund gekuschelt, zur Weihnachtsmusik getanzt und ein ganzes Buch in einer Sitzung gelesen. Na dann, morgen geht es weiter!
Well, I seem to have worn out my kids. They all voted to skip today's activity (gingerbread house decoration) and to do it tomorrow instead which means mom has to shuffle the activity cards a bit to make it all fit. This is kind of funny since they have been known to complain about boredom before and the request to please entertain them has also been heard many times at our house. But not today. Today was a day for cuddling the dog, dancing to VERY loud christmas music and a great day to read an entire book in one sitting. Tomorrow I'm sure everyone will be up to more crafts but today was a good day for lingering.
Ich habe es geschafft: die Kinder sind von den vielen Aktivitäten jeden Tag müde und haben heute einstimmig beschlossen, die heutige Aktivität (Lebkuchenhaus dekorieren) auf morgen zu verschieben. Da sonst immer mal gejammert wird, das es ja sooo langweilig ist und man gar keine Ahnung hat, was man denn machen könnte, ist das eine sehr willkommene Abwechslung! Statt dessen wurde heute mit dem Hund gekuschelt, zur Weihnachtsmusik getanzt und ein ganzes Buch in einer Sitzung gelesen. Na dann, morgen geht es weiter!
2 comments:
I love what you have done for advent. Are you willing to share your activity cards? I would really like to do this next year for our family. thanks dear!
All the activities on the cards are on the blog. Ethan and I decide Sunday night which activity to put in which bag for the week. I just write the cards put them in the numbered bags and the kids open them each day. It's fun and really flexible. Choose activities that fit your family best.
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