Advent, Week Two

"The second light of Advent is the light of plants - Plants that reach up to the sun and in the breezes dance."
This week we added some living and non-living plant material to our table... we also lightened up on our stones, bones and minerals but left some out so we have a bit of each kingdom on our table by the fourth week.

'Tis the Season

Holiday Concert

Dee made it into special chorus this year so she is very busy this month... here is a clip from one of the winter concerts they were a part of locally.

The First Week of Advent

Today is the first Sunday of Advent. We went to Mass this morning and the girls really enjoyed seeing the beautiful purple incorporated into the garments and altar as well as watching as the first candle of the Advent Wreath was lit. We will also light the first candle on our wreath each night this week at dinner time.

We've been talking all week about making some sort of Advent Calendar. Annette at Seasons of Joy inspired us to incorporate stars into our calendar and this is what we came up with.... originally I was thinking of doves.
We are calling it our 'Advent Spiral Calendar' and we just love it :) Each day we will add the star that is associated with that day until we reach our center and can place the Christmas Star on as God's light comes into our world.

Blessings to You & Your Family!

xoxo