Advent - Week 4 {LOVE} - Sunday 12/23/2018

In the 4th (and final) week of Advent, we light the "Angel's Candle"🕯, which reminds us of the message of the Angels: Peace on Earth, Good Will Toward Men".

This week, our Littles are going to color the Angel (below) and write a prayer in the blank space, which will be cut/pasted into their Bible Journals, just as done in the previous weeks.



We hope you and your family have had a joyous time.during this advent season and wish you a very Merry Christmas. 🎄

Advent - Week 3 {JOY} - Sunday 12/16/2008

Today we celebrate the 3rd week of Advent, where we light the candle of JOY. This candle reminds us of the joy the world will experience at the coming birth of Jesus...here are the resources I will use.

I know everyone celebrates Christmas in different way but we have a family tree, which holds our breakable ornaments, family heirlooms, etc...where the presents from us and Santa will go. Then we also have a Christmas Tree just for the kids, downstairs, which they can decorate with their own ornaments and treasures. This year I am going to have our Littles color their own nativity ornament for their tree, as well as color the nativity scene for their Bible Journals.

The Nativity Ornament (free coloring page) came from: http://www.share-christmas.com/kids/firstchristmas/



The Nativity Scene (free coloring page) came from: http://www.zephyrhillblog.com/2014/11/free-printables-and-coloring-pages-for-advent/

Advent - Week 2 {FAITH} - Sunday 12/9/2018

In preparation for the 2nd week of Advent, where we are anticipating the birth of Christ, I thought this prayer was a great way to start the festivities with our littles...

This week we light the candle of FAITH, which reminds us of the faithful journey Mary and Joseph made to Bethlehem. Here are the resources I am using iwth our littles this weekend.

First, we will color the Journey to Bethlehem sheet below, and paste it into our Bible Journals as well as dicuss faith and what it means.

Source: I simple google searched "journey to Bethlehem" and found this:


However, today, Saturday, Dec. 8th is the Holy Day of Obligation so my littles and I are also going to have color a Saint Mary coloring sheet and cut/paste this into our Bible Journals as well. https://www.scribd.com/doc/8665160/Immaculate-Conception 

Some background information ...

Question:What is the Immaculate Conception? If one does the math, Jesus surely wasn't conceived just 3 weeks before his birth...

Answer: The Immaculate Conception refers to the condition that the Blessed Virgin Mary was free from Original Sin from the very moment of her conception in the womb of her mother, Saint Anne. We celebrate the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary on September 8; nine months before is December 8, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.

Advent - Week 1 {HOPE} - Sunday 12/2/2018

I especially love this time of year. 🎄🌟 It is the season of giving, the season of gratitude, and the birth of our Lord, Jesus. There are so many wonderful blessings to reflect on this year and I've found doing to with our children makes the season so much more meaningful - for all of us. This is our second year doing Advent activities and I'm grateful to tell you that I am overjoyed and our children are too!! In a 1-subject notebook both myself and three of our children are journaling through Advent, writing a verse each day, as well as what we are thankful for. It's something we do before bed each night until the 24th.

If you want/ need more information about Avent, here is a GREAT resource I found a year ago for adults that explains Advent symbology as well as what is celebrated week by week is: https://www.catholiccompany.com/getfed/the-advent-wreath-tradition-meaning/

To celebrate the 1st week of Advent we light the candle of HOPE, which is also known as the "Prophet's Candle", reminding us that Jesus is coming...

here are the resources I found, that helped me explain and foster the meaning of Advent with our Littles.

With this I have the kids write the words HOPE - FAITH - JOY - PEACE and write the bible verses above, and draw an illustration for what that scripture means to them. I'll post pictures of our kids' journals soon!

Then, the kids colored and cut/pasted their own Advent Calendar Tree (below) in their Bible Journals as well, each night we color the corresponding "day" and say a prayer together.
I got the Tree from: http://www.zephyrhillblog.com/2014/11/free-printables-and-coloring-pages-for-advent/