Happy December! 1

Jake has really, really been looking forward to December 1st, the day the advent calendars start! This year we have 2 advent calendars -- a wooden one that we use each year and a paper chain one that we made this year. I figure it will be good for me to get into the habit of doing 2 -- when Ryan is old enough the boys will each have an advent calendar to open each day.

The paper chain one has to do with kindness as a family. Each paper chain has something written on it for something nice/kind/fun to do as a family that day, most of them really simple. I am going to be blogging about this and posting an update every day, sometimes with pictures. Perhaps you will join us in performing that act of kindness!

Today's kindness act: Have a warm foot bath.

So we did. I peeled an orange and added it to the warm water. It smelled really good. Felt good, too.

Mommy and Jake.

Jake loved it.
Daddy, Jake, and Ryan.