Motherhood brings out all the feelings but she's found that when she is a part of a community of people doing life together, a little of the burden is removed. When she writes she pulls from the joy of the little moments with her girls, the humor in the everyday, her faith and her experiences in loss. She has quite a few grey hairs, which proves she has wisdom, and a big heart made softer by the loss of three pregnancies. (That kind of sounded like a dating profile). She revels in laughing (many times at herself), meeting new people, and having deep meaningful conversations. When she's not brushing out tangled hair or cleaning spit-up off her leggings, she enjoys hiking, eating healthy foods, traveling, trying out new fun things to do in Nashville or reading books. Nashville has been her home since the end of 2014 and there is no looking back! Her husband, Lynn and two daughters, Ellis the threenager and 6-month-old Adeleine, fill her world with joy, exhaustion and glitter. What’s most important? The memories you make while doing it together.Īllison was born and raised in the Midwest, which accounts for her straight-talking ways. The sky is the limit when it comes to counting down to Christmas and the wonderful thing about this is you can make it specific to your family. You can do a countdown that incorporates a mixture of experiences, gifts, scripture, or anything else, really. If you’re like me and desire to slow down on the accumulation of stuff, then consider a countdown to Christmas that includes experiences like going on a drive in your van to see Christmas lights, Christmas carols with hot chocolate around the Christmas tree, going to see The Nutcracker, or any of the light shows in the area, ice skating, visiting Santa or doing a family service project, like Operation Christmas Child shoe boxes. If there’s any time of year when we are hit in between the eyes with the realization of the amount of toys our kids own, it’s Christmas. You can add the chain to the Christmas tree or some prominent place in the house so it’s always visible. Every day the month before Christmas, add a link to the Christmas chain and by the time Christmas comes along, the chain will be long. Your countdown can be as simple as making a paper chain.
For us, I read a scripture each day about Jesus’ birth and included either a gift or something that connected with the scripture. Use the daily countdown time to teach them about it. Mom win.ĭecide what is important to you about Christmas. I made my own a few years ago out of toilet paper rolls then bought one on sale after Christmas. These charms are right up her alley.īuy an Advent calendar with storage drawers. If you would like to do the Advent calendar but don’t have time or energy to buy all the gifts yourself, this Advent calendar includes 24 charms to add to a bracelet or necklace. I’m doing this with my oldest daughter this year because she loves all things tiny (hence all the pom-poms currently residing inside my vacuum cleaner). It’s not just a gift but a way to expend energy and keep your kids active.
If you’re really ambitious, hide a small gift around the house each day and hold a scavenger hunt. Every day, have the kids flip that day’s number around to reveal what’s on the back or let them hang that day’s number up on the string. On the back, have Christmas themed images or scripture or nothing at all. Make or buy the numbers for the countdown and put them on individual papers to hang on your mantle or in a common area. Photo courtesy of Brittany Curd Simple Number Garland You can use a religious or general Christmas theme. Or if you are really ambitious? Have your kids make a Christmas ornament each day. Every day, open one up to add to the small tree. You can buy Christmas ornaments and wrap them in boxes under the tree. It gives options of ways to countdown including sleeps, days, hours, minutes, seconds, heartbeats, and more.
#Christmas countdowns to make free
Below are eight easy ways to incorporate a Christmas countdown this holiday season.Ĭhristmas Countdown! is a free and easy-to-use app that you can pull up each day with your kids. Now that I am a mother, although I am not a full-on Pinterest mom, I think the idea of including a countdown in our daily routine adds to the magic of Christmas and in our family, is an opportunity to reflect each day on Jesus’ birth.
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