When our children were small, I always got an Advent Calendar for them. Have you ever seen them? There are 24 windows to open up and each window has a piece of chocolate behind the window. Each day they would take turns opening up a window and getting that piece of chocolate. So basically it averaged out that each child got to open 2 windows in the month of December, when there were 11 children still under one roof. What in the world was I thinking, they aren't that expensive to buy. Why didn't I just get each child their own Advent Calendar. When I think back to why, I guess I can't really find the answer. Maybe it was that I didn't want 11 Advent Calendars hanging around my house, who knows. I got the idea many moons ago from my mother-in-law, who always had one for her children. Maybe that is where the "only one" advent calendar came from. I just know that was how it was.
Now as you can see there are 5 advent calendars. One is for one child who doesn't even live at home anymore. I guess these last 5 children of mine are pretty spoiled. I do know the kids would look forward to me getting the Advent Calender, and fight over who gets to get the first one, but more importantly who gets to get the one on December 24th. Talking to my dear husband about this, I said how dumb it was for me to have bought just one. He remarked about how it really taught the kids to share and maybe helped them to have patience. So maybe some good did come out of buying only one.
With Thanksgiving over the house is quiet. Jason, Kate and the baby are gone back home. Dan is still the only one left, he'll be leaving tomorrow. The leftovers are going fast. I do have mashed potatoes left, I may make a shepherd's pie out of them. I tried getting a Christmas card picture taken. When I say tried, I mean I did take the picture, but.....someone almost always doesn't like how they look {I'll guarantee is isn't the boys either}.
Calgon take me away......Far away......I am not sure what I am going to do. I'll try one more time, but the boys are getting pretty tired of their picture being taken. Five children young adults, ages ranging from 14 years to 21 years, and I had better luck getting a Christmas card picture taken when they were much younger and all 11 of them were in the picture. So back to the drawing board it is, and I am off to go sew.
Have a wonderful weekend.
