Saturday, December 1, 2012

Keeping It Real

               I want to start out by saying I LOVE pinterest.  It is filled with great ideas and I want to try them all.  But I have to keep it real.  There is such a temptation to be "as cute" as or "as good" as what I see posted there.  The truth is, I simply don't have time to devote to making things cute.  I did see something I new I wanted to become a tradition in our home.  Everyday my oldest asks me, "can we do something fun today?"  With as many options as there are around the holidays I wanted to make an activity advent calendar so they could have something to look forward to, and help the time until Christmas pass a little more quickly (cause that is exactly what I need; time to pass more quickly).  I saw all types of amazing things on pinterest.  But again, as a mother of 6, I have to keep it real. So I did the best I could!  I went to put it together this morning and realized I didn't have enough clothespins and I forgot to put numbers on them.  Oh well..

                       Today's activity was to make countdown chains.  The kids asked me if they could do that the day after Thanksgiving so I thought it would be a great way to begin.  This morning I told them I had a surprise.  I expected them to jump up and down when they saw the envelopes, and then to be so excited they couldn't wait to do the chain. Instead they grumbled that the envelopes were the surprise.  Typical.. Its okay though. They got excited later,  then I realized I was out of Christmas colored construction paper.  Who needs Green and Red and White anyway?  Overall I think we are off to a good start.



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