Advent: 12 December

Woo hoo! I'm cautiously optimistic that we're coming to the end of the stomach bug... Zoë has definitely been brighter today and Caleb is getting his sparkle back. I'm ever so tired, but don't feel unwell any more... We had a friend come and help today (thank you so much 'Heva') which was a life-saver as I would not have coped with two energetic children. In between my rests we did manage to do a few activities, so here they are:

Jesse Tree Activity

We had three story activities to chose from - Caleb, Joshua and Gideon. We went for Caleb as the activity was make a telescope (to signify spying the land) which seemed easier than something to do with trumpets or jars!






Zoë enjoyed looking out of the window with her telescope...

24 Books

Today's book was Father Christmas goes on holiday by Raymond Briggs - Heather tried to read it to Zoë but apparently it contains quite a lot of French! I also discovered that two books were opened yesterday as Daddy did an opening too. The second book was a Snowman set of four word books.

Lolly Sticks

No idea what this was today - we didn't do anything extra!

Jesse Tree Story

Tonight's story is one of my favourites; the story of Ruth. Not only is it a beautiful love story, but Ruth is also a key character in the genealogy of Jesus. She's one of only five women mentioned in the genealogy in the book of Matthew!

The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram, and Ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, and Jesse the father of David the king.

Matthew 1:1-6

Mummy Time

Hmm... not really had any this evening as Zoë and Caleb have taken it in turns to have cuddles. Not that I'm complaining about snuggles with my babies!!

Someone has his energy back!