This year we decided to change up our advent calendar a little bit. I love the excitement of counting down to Christmas. I was just not a fan of the daily gifts/treats that came with each day... you know what I'm talking about... the kids asking "what do I get today?", "what will I get tomorrow?". That is just not where I want our family's focus to be. I want our kids to have their Christmas spirit and love focused on others rather than on daily trinkets and gifts. So, I decided that with each day of our advent calendar Savannah would get a new "Random Act Of Christmas Kindness" to perform. It took a bit of preparation on my part... it took some creativity, but I have a fun kid friendly act of love and gratitude for Savannah to take part in each and every day until Christmas. I'm excited to see how this goes... Savannah is already on board and loving it. We are only two days in, but so far it has been awesome! Let the Christmas countdown begin!
On day one we rang the Salvation Army bell outside of our local grocery store. Seriously a fun fun time. Super kid friendly... not too long (we only did it for four hours)... and the weather was wonderful for this. Savannah was a huge hit. Nothing is better than a cute little kid ringing a bell and wishing you a Merry Christmas. She brought in some serious money for the Salvation Army. I was so proud of her. Watching her come out of her shell and talk to people as they came in and out of the store was pretty cool. She was cheerful and friendly... this was the perfect first advent activity for us.
We even had visitors while we were out there. Some of our soccer buddies stopped by to say "hi" and donate some money. We also saw Santa! Savannah saw this guy walking in the parking lot and yelled "SANTA!!!". I had to ask him if he would come take a picture with the kids.
I don't have any pictures from day two of our Christmas countdown. Our Advent activity that day was to go through our toys and clothes and pick out things to donate to those in our community who are in need. Savannah, as always, was very generous and willing to donate. We dropped our trash bags full of goodies off at our local goodwill and called it a day. When she woke up this morning she was so eager and excited to see what she was going to get to do for day three. That's what I'm talking about!
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