Christmas Time!

If I haven't said it before, I will say it now....I LOVE CHRISTMAS!!!!  It has always been my favorite time of year always, but it has become to mean more to me now as an adult.  Maybe it because I see the wonder and joy on my girls faces during this month, or maybe its because I've grown more in my faith and understanding of the true meaning, or maybe a little bit of both.  Whatever it may be, this is a special time of year and I want to share some of that with all of you.
Last year we had our first visit from Bell the Elf.  The girls had so much fun seeing what he would do each morning.  My husband and I even made a video of him leaving with Santa, with the help from some of my high school bible study girls.  I also did lots of baking last year and enjoyed every minute of it.  My kitchen smelled amazing all month.
So Bell is back this year, but I wanted to do something a little different this year.  Bell will still do silly fun stuff, but we are going to focus on doing acts of kindness and the true meaning of CHRISTmas.  I had bible verses with Bell last year, but I wanted to do more.  So each morning the girls will wake up to find Bell doing something silly and with a verse and challenge attached to him for the girls to show love and kindness to someone.  I'm also going to have some other tags attached to him if the girls are disobedient the day before.
I found three great sites through pinterest with printouts and ideas for the month.   Here are links to the different sites:
Only Little Once ~ This is where I got my letter from Bell from
For the Love of My Home ~ This is a calendar for the month of December with challenges for acts of kindness
Watch Me Homeschool ~ Notes from Bell when the kids have been disobedient.

All three have wonderful ideas for you to do.  I'm so excited to officially start tomorrow with my two girls.  So I've said all that to let you know I am going to blog about what Bell does each day and what challenges the girls get.  Later today I will post how Bell showed up and what he did this morning.

And then at the end, I am going to post a fun recipe that I like to make during Christmas.  This could be something that I actually bake for my menu or just something fun.  Most things I post will be things you can order from me or of course something you can make with and/or for your family.  A lot of these can make great gifts.

So look for my next update later today for the Adventures of Bell the Elf!