It all started with an idea for a fabric Advent calendar that I could reuse every year. Twenty dollars in fabric and thirty hours later, I was done. (Ugh!) I hand cut and hand stitched every number, hand stitched on every pocket, and hand stitched the quilt border. But it’s done and I like it!I filled the pockets with Bible verses, Christmas carols, and activities for each day.
The activities were simple enough. This one is “picnic lunch by the fire.”
Of course, we made Christmas cookies: sugar and gingersnap. Haley and JT took turns rolling and cutting.
Then we had an assembly line: JT scooped, I rolled, and Haley rolled in sugar.
We made the dough in the morning and baked them after lunch. We frosted after dinner. It was an all day affair!
The kids didn’t eat good dinners that night so, unfortunately, they had to wait until the next day to eat their cookies. (Yes. I’m just that firm.) But they were oh so good the next day, too!
The kids decorated Christmas ornaments for their two great-grandmothers.
We also opened an Advent calendar from Aunt Gena. It fit a frame I have in the house so I took out the chalkboard and hung the Advent calendar so curious fingers wouldn’t open the doors early. 🙂 Here we are on Christmas Eve, all twenty-four done!
The Keene Family 