I really don't want to post about every activity we do for our advent, but some I think are worthy of one. One of the things I included was our "making room" tradition. We always have the kids go through some of their things and decide on a few to donate. In the past I have focused more on "If you want toys from Santa you gotta get rid of some first." This time I tried to help them understand their toys and things would get good use from children less fortunate. The thing that interests me is how different my children are from each other. Every one of them was less than happy at the beginning. I asked for 5 things each. They could be books, clothes, or toys. A few of my children grumbled for half a second and then went straight to it, in fact they didn't want to stop at 5! A few of my kids were okay with 5 and ONLY 5. Then I had one that tried to negotiate with me, talking me down on the number of things. And of course I had one that gave me 1 thing and promised to get more later, but still hasn't. The other thing that gets me is their choice of things. I have to bite my tongue when they choose the thing that I searched all over town for because they wanted it SO BAD last year! Sometimes I just have to talk them out of it because it didn't get enough use to have made my trouble worth it. It was a great experience I think, and now we have just a tad more room for heaps that will come at Christmas.
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