Adventing!!!!

I remember doing advent when I was a kid on those little candy cut-out boxes counting down the days until Christmas. The chocolate in those things were disgusting but it was the anticipation of being one more day closer to Christmas that was so exciting as a child. I have been wanting to buy an advent calendar for many years now but the price tag has always put a speed bump in that plan. And after Christmas they ALL seem to disappear. Well, this year I was flipping through my pottery barn catalog and I spotted a large Christmas tree advent calendar that looked homemade and had little pockets for special prizes each day. Needless to say I wanted it! So, I get on the internet and google homemade advent calendars and found a huge selection of homemade ones that were super cute. Then I began talking with a friend of mine who had decided to make one as well. She lovingly gave me all of her info to start and plan the days. I was just expecting to put a silly chocolate in each pocket and call it good. But her idea was so extremely awesome that I just had to copy and I knew that it would be special for Addison. She LOVES Christmas and it will be exciting to see her pull out the tag each day and discover what our activity will be. I'm looking forward to making this a yearly tradition. I will be posting some of our activities of advent probably a week's worth at a time. As you are probably already aware I am three days behind. We did catch up tonight though and are looking forward to what tomorrow has in store. I hope you all are enjoying this holiday season.