Every morning we hang an ornament on the advent calendar that my grandmother (on my dad's side) made. We also hang up an angel (in the picture Lucy is choosing one from the angel book). Lucy usually asks me at least 3-4 times throughout the day if we can hang another ornament and angel. So we're definitely getting practice with anticipation and delayed gratification!
After dinner we have advent time with our advent wreath. We light the candles (adding one each week), and read a bible story, sing a hymn and pray. We're keeping it simple for Lucy, so the first week we sang "Angels we have heard on high" each night. This week it's "O come all ye faithful". She looks forward to this time each day, and is really catching on to the songs (it helps that the second half of each of them is repeated words).
Getting and decorating the Christmas tree was a real highlight. Lucy hung up at least half of the ornaments (and we have a lot of them!).
Here is Matt lifting Lucy up to put the angel on the top. It almost looks like she's the angel. :)
And the fully decorated tree. I haven't found a way to capture on camera how beautiful it is- the rich green needles, glowing lights and colorful ornaments. It's a strange tradition, when you think of it, bringing a big tree inside. But it's such a deeply ingrained part of celebrating the holiday for me, that looking at the tree fills me with warm fuzzies.
It's interesting to be anticipating both Christmas and the arrival of kernel (hopefully the former will come before the latter!). We sorted through the baby clothes recently and Lucy has been picking out outfits for baby. She chose tights, a dress and a hat, and then asked where the baby's underwear was. When we're at a store she always wants to get a present for kernel. Earlier this week she picked out a little koala bear (thankfully on sale for just 2$). It reminds me of the stuffed owl that I got for my sister when she was born.
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