Advent Day 3, Make a Wreath For the Front Door

Yes, just like the first two days this was also met with a little bit of "do we really have too?" It was driven more by the idea of doing it together as a team, but eventually we got past the idea of splitting the wreath in half for each child to do a side and it was decided that both children's findings would look good all over.

The kids were instructed to find things to put on the wreath. I gave them each a bowl and pushed them out the back door while the baby and I got out the glue gun, wire, and various findings I've been stashing away for something like this.


I sent affirmations to my inner pack rat after this was finished. How happy it is to see things go to good use. Old clip-on earrings from a Grandma, brooches, and ornaments I would never have had room to add to the tree but couldn't throw away because they came from another side of Grandparents.

Of course there were pine cones as no wreath would be complete with out some. Marley attempted to braid pine needles, but they quickly fell apart. Abe brought his bowl back in with a dozen or so pine cones and handfuls of dead grass. The grass never made it to the wreath and I was instructed not to throw it away, it's special.
The wreath was also a good place to add some of Declan's handmade ornaments from when he was a child. A rather special God's Eye I'm sure. Special enough that his Mom never threw it away and now neither will we.

Our special letter from Day 2 was put in the mail. The children have also been instructed to write a letter to Santa and make snow flakes. We've yet to do either, but I having a feeling there will be some snowflakes on the wall this evening, especially after today brought the first snow of the season.