This is the first year Lilie has been really excited about Christmas. So we've been enjoying things like tree decorating, making cookies for Santa, and counting down the days until December 25.
We keep track with three different tools: an advent calendar that has small chocolate treats in it, a wall hanging that depicts a teddy bear's house (we move the bear to a new location each day as he 'looks for Christmas'), and the countdown calendar we used when I was a child (construction paper, each sheet reflecting a number from 1-20*).
That's quite a bit to do in the morning, yet each day Liliana seems to forget about it. She'll climb onto her stool at the counter, take a swig of milk, and glance around. It's only when she catches sight of the chocolate advent calendar that she'll brighten and blurt out, "Daddy! We've got a lot of work to do! We've got check my chocolate and move the bear!".
* Why only 1-20? I don't think I've lost any days from the calendar... Can anyone help me out with that? Mom, did we only get angsty starting around December fifth? I can't find any precedent for a 20-day advent calendar on the interwebs. Is the calendar incomplete? Were those days best left unremembered?
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