December Happenings

December always seems to be such a busy month. Not only are there holiday activities to take part in, there is also a ton of school projects that seem to be crammed in at the last minute. I am looking forward to the upcoming school break and having the children home with me. I plan on doing some outdoor activities: nature walks, exercise trails, weeding flower beds and planning our spring garden. We will also begin planning a MAJOR change in our eating habits. More to come on that change in the New Year.

The Advent season began on November 29th! It has been a wonderful time of gathering together as a family and reading from scripture, discussing the events leading up to Christ's birth and anticipating together the coming King.

One the first night of Advent we read from scripture in the book of Isaiah. We learned about Jesus coming to a dark world to bring light to us all. We turned off all of lights and we sat in the dark. We talked about the earth being a dark place without Jesus. We then turned on one light and the children knew right away where the lesson was going. They all shouted out that the one light we lit was like the light that Jesus brought to this world at the moment of His birth. We went on to do this stain glass craft and hung it on our advent/Jesse tree. What a blessing to have the opportunity to pass on our Christian faith to our children. Truly a gift worth giving!