Last year I searched for an advent calendar I liked, but didn't find one. My parents have a beautiful wooden one that I grew up with, and we used it year after year. I wanted something similar for my family, and this year I found one I like. I hope it will stay in the family for a long time and I like that it is completely reusable!
Jake is thrilled with it. Every day he asks if he can open another door. I always have to tell him "tomorrow". In the mornings, he gets so excited that he can open one of the doors and pull out the ornament behind it. The funny thing is that the openings are so small Jake actually has an easier time getting the ornaments out than I do!
Right now the ornaments are still wrapped in paper since we just got it. Here he pulled out the paper but the ornament is still sitting in the little box...
Today's ornament is a rocking horse! He was beside himself with happiness when he pulled out a train yesterday.
And the day before that it was a reindeer, to which we signed "deer" while at the same time saying in English "reindeer." Later in the day Jake pointed to the advent calendar and signed "rain" + "deer." I was so impressed!
SNOW!
Getting a better look...
Daddy signing "snow". Jake was so excited. Then he kept asking where the rocks went, you know, the gravel rocks for the driveway? We had to repeat several times that the rocks were "covered by the snow" and "under the snow" before he finally seemed to understand.
It is very cold out today! The cats went outside for all of 90 seconds. I think I'll put on the fire and grab a good book. Oh, we also have the second Narnia movie to watch (not Jake), so that will be fun!
