Start of Advent

Tonight was the start of Advent.  The girls watched the candle being lit in church and then in their Sunday school classes.  I could hear Celia's class singing "light the advent candle" as I was sitting in my own Sunday School class.

Lighting the Advent candle was a welcome tradition in my house growing up.  I looked forward to it and I love that we are doing it for the girls.  We try to include a reading or talk about it.  This year I am using a mix of things.

http://www.clubhousejr.com/en/advent.aspx
http://www.thrivingfamily.com/advent

We also like the Charlie and Noel book.  It was mainly something that I did with Celia last year however we read the first chapter today and Audrey seemed interested in it.  Celia of course knows the story but it is fun.  Last year I found that I was curious as to what was going to happen next!

No clue why Audrey has that facial expression