Advent, Nativity and Santa

So it's been a really long time since I've posted but the beginning of December seemed like a good time to share a few photos and thoughts...

We're continuing the tradition of the advent calendars, but with alot less chocolate this year. The girls were thrilled to discover the calendars hung on the fire place this morning; their number one was a little Christmas doodle book. (Though I think they're more interested in tomorrow; chocolate Santa!)

As it is the 1st December today we allowed oursleves to delve into the Christmas boxes. I wanted the music (John Lennon's 'So This Is Christmas' hit the spot for me), Meg wanted the books and Tess was all about the PlayMobil Nativity set. I really can't believe it's only been a year since we saw all these things. Where, oh where, has this year gone?

Christmas preparations are well and truly started here and we have had about 2 weeks of writing stories, lists and making cards. Tonight I found this on the computer after Meg had been working on it....

I really think this is a dilemma for Meg; Is Santa real? Not a dilemma for me... I KNOW he's real!