Advent: 17 December

Happy 10 month birthday to my little man!

Wednesday is normally Zoë's preschool day but we swapped days so she will attend the Christmas Party tomorrow. As we had a bonus day we decided to go on an adventure into town on the bus! I had a Christmas shopping list but was quite relaxed about how much actual shopping would get done! As well as a bus ride, we also had lunch out at McDonalds...

Jesse Tree Activity

The activity linked to the story of Ahab was to squish grapes - my husband's idea!! As we didn't do the story last night then we didn't need to squish grapes!

24 Books

Hmmm... can't remember what today's book was! That's the problem with writing up several days later!

Lolly Sticks

I had hoped that I could get Zoë to chose a Christmas present for Caleb whilst we were in town, but she didn't see anything she wanted to get. I have already got something for her to give to him, but was trying to encourage her to think of someone else and chose a present for them.

Today was also the day that we finally started to decorate the tree! First of all it involved rearranging the living room and hoovering underneath and behind sofas which hadn't moved in a while!

Jesse Tree Story

Tonight's story is the beginning of a few prophecies from the Old Testament about Jesus' birth. Now, these are amazing prophecies but they've proved to be quite tricky to tell as a story to a 3 year old!
"He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever." 2 Samuel 7:13

Mummy Time

I went out to the mid-week Bible study this evening - it was great to get out and meet with other adults. A quote about Christmas was read out at the beginning of the evening and I'd like to share it with you now (thank you Tim!):

There are few things tougher than trying to find fresh material at Christmas, but Thomas Watson strikes gold again on the incarnation:

''He was poor, that he might make us rich.
He was born of a virgin that we might be born of God.
He took our flesh, that he might give us His Spirit.
He lay in the manger, that we may lie in paradise.
He came down from heaven, that he might bring us to heaven....

That the ancient of Days should be born.
that he who thunders in the heavens should cry in the cradle....
that he who rules the stars should suck the breast;
that a virgin should conceive;
that Christ should be made of a woman, and of that woman which himself made,
that the branch should bear the vine,
that the mother should be younger than the child she bare,
and the child in the womb bigger than the mother;
that the human nature should not be God, yet one with God."

Christ taking flesh is a mystery we shall never fully understand till we come to heaven.