Countdown to Christmas...Day 7

School, train, Playmobil, Ministeck...

Countdown to Christmas...Day 6

A day full of activities today...

Countdown to Christmas...Day 5

The weekend is over as is the second Advent. We got home so late last night after the birthday party that we did not get a chance to light the candles and incense or to sit down to afternoon dessert and coffee. We'll make up for it when Papa returns home tomorrow. Box #5 is up next and the children are excited once again to see what they will be getting today.

 Seena waits patiently for her little piece of chocolate.

More Kinder chocolate...

  

 

A smile came across Sagey's face as he peeled off the wrapper and got ready to eat something sweet.

 The moody one carefully opens the wrapper and takes her time to finish her piece of Kinder chocolate.

 

The tradition continues and it's time to see what will be added to the Playmobil Christmas town post office...

 

It's Seena's turn to get the toy out of the little door.

 

A basket and more mail.

 

Day 5 comes to a close in Playmobil Christmas town.

Countdown to Christmas...Day 4

The children went to a birthday party this afternoon which meant that they got to open up the boxes earlier than usual. My oldest waits patiently as take photos of her, just as I did last year when they first started this tradition with the train. Maybe next year she'll give her little sister the honor of opening up the boxes. Or maybe we'll just have to find something else for the little ones to do.

It's amazing how such a simple act of getting to open up the box of the Advent train can put a smile on a little child's face. Well, that and getting to eat whatever is inside. It also puts a smile on my face as I watch my children eagerly waiting with that longing look on their face.  

 

 

Milk chocolate Santas are today's treats. 

 

   

 Big sister helping little brother open up box #4.

       

Countdown to Christmas...Day 3

It's been over two years since the girls started going to German preschool on Saturdays - a routine that, for the first year, consisted of dropping off the oldest (with both girls attending the following year) and then spending the two hours while they were in school enjoying coffee with my husband and son at a nearby local coffee shop. Today was the last day of the Winter semester and the last day that they will most likely attend. In a way, it's sad to see this routine end, but I'm sure we'll all be glad to get back our Saturday mornings where we can sleep in and not have to rush for the sixth day in a row during the week.

The weather today was perfect for staying indoors...cloudy, rainy, and colder than usual. As soon as we returned home, the children were excited to see what the next boxes would bring them.

 

"I wonder what's in the box..."

 Haribo gummy letters...W, F, J

 I think Sagey's more excited about the food treats than he is about the toys.

  Oh, those little hands! My Seena is growing up. It was Seena's turn to open up the box from the Playmobil set. Day 1 brought the mailbox while day 2 brought the letters for the mailbox. What would today's box bring to the small Playmobil Christmas town?

Mail bag for the letters

 It's a mail bag for the letters and packages that the postman would bring to the people of Playmobil town.

The Christmas town is slowly coming to life.