Growing up, we had a grandmother and grandfather who had a great idea that sorta grew probably way beyond what they thought it would. They made big felt advent calendars with pockets for each day in December for their grandchildren. But, as you can imagine, the number of their grandchildren grew and grew and grew. My grandfather had 4 daughters of his own who had, oh, just a few kids and my grandmother had 3 kids who gave her 5 grandchildren. They ended up making these calendars and filling their pockets each year for, I think, 20 kids.
On the 1st day of Christmas, Nanma and Granddaddy gave to me…a little box with notepaper in it.
On the 2nd day of Christmas, Nanma and Grandaddy gave to me…a notepad with a nifty cardboard pen for the three older kids and a little fork and spoon set for Lydia complete with teeny chopsticks.
On the 3rd day of Christmas, Nanma and Grandaddy gave to me…a silly bandz necklace with mini silly bandz.
On the 5th day of Christmas, Nanma and Grandaddy gave to me…parachute Toy Story figures and a Mickey Mouse sticker.
Stay tuned to see what is coming up…
And, only a few mishaps so far with Lydia sneaking in and unwrapping Ashlyn’s #17 and #19. And, she totally knew she was doing something wrong. What a stinker.
How cute those are. I understand Lydia, it IS hard to wait.
LOVE that tradition!!!!
and I so need to talk about Disney, and Thanksgiving at Disney…and how insane we were. ;)
How very cool!! I love this!
I love this idea. I wanted to make them this year but wasn’t creative enough to figure out how. I think your mom should start a business and sell them, I’d buy 2.
Great tradition! I would have LOVED this growing up!