Advent 2014 – Day 20
Books:
The Christmas Star by Marcus Pfister (for Arianna)
The Animals’ Christmas Carol illustrated by Helen Ward (for Elijah)
For the Jesse Tree LEGO Challenge we read Micah’s prophecy about Bethlehem, and then the boys built stables. Elijah had trouble settling on his design (I saw a few different versions), and by the time we’d finished reading Jotham’s Journey, he was back to only having a frame. Oh well. It’s the process, not the product, right?
I’ve started hearing protests every time I say we’re going to sing something other than “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel,” so tonight I decided just to go with it. They’re going to know this song really well, and if they just learn multiple verses of one traditional carol every year, they’ll still know a great deal by the time they’re grown.