{ advent calendar adventures }

So I finally got Sam's advent calendar up (I know, I know...super late)...But it is still cute and jam packed with gifts and coupons & letters. Of course, when you are gone half the month, you have less pockets to fill {evil mommy}... :)

Here's whats in there:
- Make decorations for the tree (more on our results later)
- A new apron & a coupon to bake cookies with mama
- Go out or sushi together coupon and some new kid chopsticks (Will's contribution to the advent calendar!) :)
- Wee journals & new colored pencils.
- A trip to the Children's Museum.
- A treasure map to a new book (too large for the advent stocking)
- Make paper snowflakes (white paper & silver glitter)
- Have pancakes for dinner with new snowflake mold.
- Dance like crazy to music ON the bed (my ipod in the pocket with new dance music recently downloaded)
- A mid-day tea party with new tea set
- Go food shopping and bring it to the food bank (brown paper bags for Sam to decorate to put food in)
- A love letter to Samme with a stone heart.
- Go out on back deck & star gaze & drink hot chocolate (mini marshmellows & hot chocolate in pocket).
- Read the Grinch that Stole Christmas & go see Christmas lights in the neighborhood (22nd)
- Camp out around the Christmas Tree with our sleeping bags & make gingerbread house. (on the 23rd)
- Read Twas the Night Before Christmas & leave Santa and the reindeer cookies, milk & carrot sticks. (24th)
- Disposable Camera (25th) so Sam can document Christmas as she remembers it.

Here it is as a spreadsheet/list.