Documenting Delight: day three hundred and forty nine {Christmas lights}

{um, no Finn, you can't ride the reindeer}

{i'm getting tired. i want to go home now}

Documenting Delight: day three hundred and forty eight {upside down}

Documenting Delight: day three hundred and forty seven {adventurous}

Documenting Delight: day three hundred and forty seven {jack is quiet down in his box, until someone opens the lid}

Documenting Delight: day three hundred and forty six {thinking, always thinking}

Documenting Delight: day three hundred and forty five {playschool christmas party}

{siblings, chilling out together}

{a gift given to us by finn at the party. adorable or what?}

{six buddies together:edmund, finn, lily, harper, zoe & eli. i am still in complete shock that we managed to get six children in one spot, still and kinda looking at the camera. a rare, rare moment!}

Documenting Delight: day three hundred and forty four {book advent}

 

We are almost half way through our second year of counting down the days until Christmas with a Book Advent. Last year we were inspired by this post and while last year Finn and Harper were probably a little young to understand the “countdown” aspect of the book calendar, this year they are right on board with the concept.

Each morning they stand in front of our bookcase looking at the books which remain, discussing the numbers on the wrapping paper (seriously, I am crediting this tradition with teaching Harper how to read numerals 1-10 and Finn double digits. ) and asking ‘when can we open today’s book?”

I love seeing their faces when they rip open the wrapping and see the Christmas book for the day. Sometimes it is one they remember from last year, sometimes it is a new book that they can’t wait to listen to. Whatever the book is, I look forward to snuggling up with two kids on my lap and reading these magical and special stories each day in December.