Mr. Golden Curls has been asking me daily "how long before it's Christmas?" I think mostly because he wants to see his Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Sarah, Uncle Pete and, maybe most importantly, the four cousins that are part of that brood. After he asked for the three millionth time I decided it was time to whip up the 'ole grade school classic, the countdown to Christmas chain. Now every morning we can pull off a link and when he asks "how long before it's Christmas?" I can just point to the chain and say "that long!" I'll let you know if it actually works.
It works as long as you remember to take off a link every day.
ReplyDeleteAh, thanks for the reminder, I'd already forgotten this morning! I figure if we get close to Christmas and I realize I've miscounted or we've forgotten a day I'll just sneak some off :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a good idea! I grew up with an Advent calendar that looked like a tree. Each day was an ornament on the tree until Christmas Eve which was the Angel for the top of the tree (even though we always had a star on our real tree). I loved that calendar.
ReplyDeleteThanks for following my blog. Want to wish you all the best and to say your boys are just so cute.
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April
Ahh, memories... I can remember those Christmas chains all too well.
ReplyDeleteTell my babies Grandma is counting the days too....maybe I will make a chain!
ReplyDeletethat is a great idea! hope it has helped. :)
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