Life goes on at a whirlwind pace. K finds something new to get into everyday it seems. Her newest fascinations are footwear and stirring. As if getting dressed for winter wasn’t hard enough now we have to search the house for 4 different sets of boots because K has carried them away and left them wherever she tired of them.
Friday we had a combined birthday party in Pansy. Both C and L appeared happy with their gifts. If we hadn’t tried to avoid the Christmas birthday party we could have waited closer to the end of the month and had a birthday party for all three Friesen boys, their birthdays fall in a 7 week span. I like this photo of the next generation of 3 Friesen boys.
Today is the second Sunday of Advent. L and I are celebrating this season together by creating a Jesse tree. Advent means Coming, we wait for the coming of Jesus another theme of advent is God’s faithfulness. The Jesse tree comes from Isaiah’s reference to the root of Jesse (11:10). As you can see we only have 3 ornaments on our tree, but we are 7 days into Advent…time is a factor, but I also want L to be excited about the story and creating something and sometimes he isn’t interested in doing a craft. A good friend of mine has made an amazing felt tree with ornaments that you just velcro on, I think that will be the direction we take when we concentrate more on the stories and less time on the fine motor skills. That however will be a project for the new year.