Advent activities

Inspired by the internet (where else?) I have drawn up a list of activities to help me to savour the Advent season. James isn't old enough to appreciate this time of year, but as I am on maternity leave, this is the year to truly embrace the season.

The list has been going around in my head, but I think it would be good to put it in writing. I don't have a nice long list of 24 activities, but decided to keep it simple and hopefully manageable.

1. Make a wreath (done! See below)
2. Send Christmas cards
3. Make gingerbread cookies
4. Meet with friends for festive drinks
5. Go to a carol concert at Worcester cathedral
6. Go for a walk as a family up the Malvern hills
7. Start to sort out the multitude of pictures taken in 2012
8. Watch Christmas movies (Elf, Love Actually, The Holiday, etc).
9. Buy and hang mistletoe
10. Send grandparents a daily advent picture of James (ongoing)

 

I'm still working on completing all of the activities except for the first one, and it is already the 9th. I need to get cracking! For the first activity, I went with friends to a wreath making class run by a local florist. It was great fun and made me appreciate how hard florists do work (and how dirty and scratched their poor hands can get!).

 

Wreath making success!

 

My wreath on our front door

 

 

For activity #10, we have managed to send a daily picture of James and are a third of the way there! It is fun trying to think up different poses and locations.

 

Day 8 of the advent calendar