Day 20 - Elfina's Advent Adventure

Today is cookie baking day!  And Ella and Elfina got to help put it all together.... Ella did really well cracking the eggs all by herself and using the hand mixer for the first time (that made me a little nervous, as I pictured everything flying all over the kitchen).  We were also excited that Mim showed up unexpectedly and we could start sharing the cookies that we made.  

Day #20

Let’s put on an apron and make a mess

Making cookies together will be our success

We will make them for friends, neighbors and such

A few we will eat, but not very much

Enjoy the time in the kitchen with mom

Perfecting the recipe, it will be the bomb

Verse of the Day: Proverbs 31:31 

Love our Monster Cookies

Day 17 - Elfina's Advent Adventure

Today we are hunchering down and staying in for the morning.... yucky wintry mix outside makes the idea of staying inside all the more exciting.  So today is Gingerbread house making day!!!  Today's verse talks about building on a firm foundation - the rock!  Jesus Christ!  I thought that was fitting for our gingerbread making.

Day #17

Christmas time is coming soon

So let’s get busy and build a room

Or a house that is, made out of gingerbread

Let’s get out the candy, please don’t eat it instead.

We need to be sure the house has a good foundation

Because Jesus is the Rock of our Salvation

Verse of the Day: Matthew 7:24

We had a great time working on the house together.  She is really improving using the piping bag, and of course she is excellent at her tasting skills :)  

Day 16 - Elfina's Advent Adventures

So I was laying in bed around midnight last night trying to get ready for my day and getting the elf ready.... when I realized that the elf was still in the car.... it was really cold... and I was ready for bed... so what does every great mom do.... nope I didn't walk out to the car that is for sure... instead I incorporated it into the adventure for the day.... this is what the note said...

Day #16

Help, Help – I am a missing elf

If you find me, please put me inside my book shelf.

This house was built to keep me warm

But I think I must have been stuck in the cold storm

Please find me and bring me in

So we can read Christmas books, I want to begin

The pile of books gets bigger each year

So let’s start from the bottom, and when finished give a cheer. 

Verse of the Day: Luke 2:40 

It's book day... we have lots of Christmas books so today we built a house for the elf out of books and will take some time throughout today reading some of our Christmas books.  PS - my great husband went to the car this morning and got the elf once Ella realized that she had left it in there.