December!!

It's finally December, I am so excited! This year we are really focusing on starting traditions. I have been following a few blogs that have touched on this and they have had some fabulous ideas. So this year Ryan and I will be doing the following.

1) Elf on the shelf
~he arrived 2 nights ago and Ryan loves him. He named our elf duke and he is constantly telling duke what he wants for Christmas and whispering secrets to him, I even caught him telling him sorry for something he did wrong. It's pretty cute.
2) The key's of Christmas
~ There are 3 key's you place on your Christmas tree. One you place at the bottom of the tree it represents that Jesus was born among the lowly. The second you place towards the top near the star that represents the magi.The third is placed in the middle to represent that Jesus bridges the gap
3) the Advent calender
~ I love advent calendars and I made my own this year out of matchboxes, It was a chore and very hard but Ryan gets it tonight and I am so excited for him to open one up each day.
4) Daily December
~ I am super excited about this one. I have planned some sort of activity every day for Ryan and I that I will take pictures of and make a scrapbook. A lot of these include some other traditions like baking sugar cookies, telling of the story of Jesus birth and much more.

I am really looking forward to this December, I get to share so many memories with Ryan and to teach him about my Saviors birth! So let the Festivities again and check back often I will be trying to post a lot more this month to let you in on our activities through out December.