Evenings of Advent

Our best tradition during the Christmas season! Andrew and I started this pre-children and have continued with them. Every night we gather usually by the tree (unless it is too late and we do it in their bedroom) and we light our wreath or just a candle (or no candles if too late) and we read from our Advent storybook. We might sing a carol, we may read other stories, and then Deveraux and Anderson look forward to opening the next door on our Advent calendar to build on our nativity scene. It is a good family time and time to stop and be quiet. Of course, with a 2 1/2 year old boy, reflection is swift and we worked really hard this year on just remaining in one spot during the Advent time, so I don't think I heard much of the story but the practice of doing it feels important and a way to prepare.

The idea is to light a candle each week leading up to Christmas and then on Christmas, the middle white candle is lit. There is a lot of information on the Internet about Advent if you are interested in reading more.

So Bobo "got to" the Advent wreath so we are missing a candle and one candle's top is a bot leaning.... But we press on and Advent still means the same thing...waiting, expectant...for our Savior.