Advent Box

December 1st means it is Christmas time here in this house and everyday we get to open up a present! This year i decided Grace (and Kyle) would be old enough to read a story, scripture, and sing a song, so i got the book that Nancy made me out and decided we would make it a tradition. This is how that few minutes went.....

Me. "turn the TV off so we can read a story"
Grace. "Yea" turns tv off
Me. "the gift of the Maji..."
Kyle. "thats not how you say it"
Me. "if you dont like the way i am saying it read it yourself" Then continued on with the story.
Grace. "what does that mean?"
Me. "Kyle dont throw stuff at Grace. Grace ummmm... I dont know" Then i tried explaining.
and tried to continue on with the story.
Grace. "I have a story, yesterday......."
Me. with a defeated look, "Grace so you just want to open the present?"
Grace. "YEAH"
Kyle. "hahahahahahahahahah"

So maybe next year i will try to do this again and maybe my 3 kids and 1 big kid will be as excited about it as me!!

First present...

second present...