Days 15-25

I knew I wanted something for our Christmas Countdown that helped get our focus on the real meaning of Christmas in the days leading up to the big day but was not really sure what I wanted.  I headed to Lifeway to look for a solution and found exactly what I was looking for(even though I had no idea what that was!).  They had a little box set called A Donkey in the Living Room.  It was a book and 10 figurines.  Each figurine was part of the nativity and each had a coordinating page in the book that gave that particular character's point of view of what happened on that amazing night.  The girls absolutely loved opening each figurine and listening to the stories.  One of my favorite memories of Christmas morning is them stopping in the middle of presents to ask to open their bag for the day and when they saw what was inside they both jumped up and down squealing:  "It's baby Jesus, it's baby Jesus!!!"

 

 

Day 16

It's Mary!

Day 17:  The donkey

Day 18:  The cow

Day 19:  The sheep

Day 20:  A shepherd

Day 21:  "An angel of the Lord appeared"

Day 22:  The camel

Day 23

The wisemen

Day 24: They were so happy to see that it was Joseph...they had been looking for him since the day after they opened Mary!

Day 25:  It's baby Jesus!!!!