on the second sunday of advent kiri and annalise lit the second candle.
The second candle represents faith and is called “Bethlehem’s Candle.” Micah had foretold that the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem, which is also the birthplace of King David. lighting this candle symbolizes the preparations being made to receive the Christ child.
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a bjd christmas – dec 8 faith candle
a bjd advent – dec 7 sledding
as a light snow fell meg took eilidh and crystal sledding
crystal brought her own sled
turns out she needs a lot more practice ! 🙂
a bjd christmas – dec 6 – letters to santa
today’s activity was writing their letters to santa
the girls had a pretty good idea of what they wanted
so did the boys, but afraid that santa might have them on the naughty list (and for good reason) noah and emrys came up with a cunning plan
when the letters were all done noah and cricket went to the mail box and posted them all
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a bjd advent dec 5 – outdoor decorations
cricket and edwin worked hard tonight string lights and setting up the outdoor creche
a bjd advent – dec 4 the very long day
meg had a lot of christmas shopping left to do, so she decided to make a day of it
first stop chapters to get books for all the kids, she especially wanted to find a boxed set of the narnia books for eilidh
to pass the time while she was gone, the little girls worked on a giant christmas puzzle
koko decided to “help”
no no! bad kitty!
next stop toysrus, for toys of course
dovey pointed out pieces for the other girls to put in. she had a good top view from her chair
then she headed over to the fabric store to get material to make christmas aprons
as the day passed the puzzle started to come together
winners was next – the kids are growing fast and all need new clothes
they got farther…
some of the christmas light strings got broken last year, so she stopped at the hardware store for new ones
and farther…
more shopping at the craft store to get supplies for the advent crafts, and a few more for stocking stuffers
till at last they were done!
as the afternoon was ending meg headed to the yarn shop for some last minute christmas knitting
they were so excited about finishing that they woke eilidh up from her nap
last stop of the day was a store called “destination christmas” for some extra christmas decorations. with the snow starting to fall, meg headed home
“megs been gone a very long time, do you think she is ever coming back?”
“i’m sure she will be home soon”
eildih replied
just then a voice called out “i’m home!” and in came meg with arms full of bags
a bjd advent dec 3 – christmas stories
after a busy day playing, the girls were happy to cuddle up with eilidh and listen to one of their favorite books, “the best christmas pageant ever”
a bjd advent – dec 2 operation christmas child boxes
the girls got together today and packed shoe boxes for operation christmas child
first they covered the boxes with wrapping paper.
then they filled them to the brim with toys and goodies. they had lots of fun deciding what to put in, and trying to make it all fit!
they packed a girl box
and a boy box
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a bjd advent – dec 1 hope candle
starting the 24 days of advent
dec 1 is the first sunday of advent , so they lit the first candle tonight.
eilidh explanis to crystal that “The first candle symbolizes hope and is called the “Prophet’s Candle.” The prophets of the Old Testament, especially Isaiah, waited in hope for the Messiah’s arrival. lighting this candle opens the period that anticipates Christmas and remembers those who first spoke the promise of the coming Christ child.”
an advent wreath.. er log
the kids are getting very excited for christmas so meg has planned 24 days worth of activities to help them wait. tomorrow is the start of advent so she needed to make an advent wreath so the girls could light the candles (no the boys will not be allowed to help, honestly would any sane person let noah or emrys anywhere NEAR fire?)
i know it supposed to be a circular wreath, but she decided a birch log would make a cool option so here goes…
first lay the candles out to decide how long the log should be
before cutting the log i put a couple of rows of hot glue on the bottom and then squished it flat on my silicone sheet, this made it a bit more stable and less likely to roll. i could have cut a piece off the bottom to make it flat instead, but this was easier.
here are the dimensions we used
i marked the candle positions with a tiny x, then drilled the holes using progressively bigger drill bits til the hole fit. working up that way helps keep the birch bark from shattering or the log from splitting. the final size for these (birthday) candles was a 7/32 drill bit.
as you can see the candle rolled on me in spite of the hot glue, and the last hole is a bit wonky, but it doesn’t show if i photograph straight on
here it is with the candles. we couldn’t find the traditional purple and pink, so went with white and silver instead, because it looks nice 😉
next i needed to decorate it
tiny red berries from a potpourri mix, and greenery pulled of a dollar store wreath
cut to size, glued on and it’s done
new chairs!
cricket and i found a bunch of new chairs in the christmas decoration aisles this year.
the two wooden ones (cricket is sitting on one identical to the chair to her right), and the cream molded one were from london drugs, the red adirondack chair is from chapters they will be great for my realfees, pukifees, and other similar 6-8″ dolls