tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816286233655907006.post1841707889786702020..comments2023-08-24T11:42:21.155-04:00Comments on Two Square Meals: Advent UpdateUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816286233655907006.post-41904616400068123802007-12-18T12:19:00.000-05:002007-12-18T12:19:00.000-05:00Hello! I came here via Kerry's Advent post. First ...Hello! I came here via Kerry's Advent post. First of all, I have to say, I love your kids online pseudonyms--Calvin and Hobbes was a hilarious comic strip and Calvin very often reminds me of my own son. (Who goes through the same phases you mentioned. He is six, so I am with you in wondering where the phrase "terrible two's" came from.) I had a blog a year or two ago in which I debated between calling my son "Calvin" or "Max" from Where the Wild Things Are. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing a bit about your leisurely Advent/Christmas pace. Our daily Advent devotionals are the only thing that are keeping me sane through this holiday season. It is wonderful to be calmed and reminded by focusing on the real reason we celebrate Christmas--the gift of God's son, which certainly tops anything I still have on my shopping list. I look forward to hearing more of your thoughts on Advent. :)Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14633796970541178632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816286233655907006.post-16016006237362273642007-12-15T07:26:00.000-05:002007-12-15T07:26:00.000-05:00Good Morning! Love your Advent update - and I'm j...Good Morning! Love your Advent update - and I'm jealous of your Advent book! It sounds wonderful, but Amazon is sold out. :( Oh, well, I'll order if for next year.<BR/><BR/>We are having a lovely Advent here. We've celebrated St. Nicholas Day and St. Lucia Day. This weekend we will put up our tree for "Joy Sunday" - or Gaudete Sunday and put out our creche. Mary and Joseph will start traveling to the creche via tables, shelves, piano, etc. :)<BR/><BR/>My kids are a bit older than yours, and I remember thinking the same things "What are they getting out of this?" I can tell you, now that they are older, the rythms, stories, and images with which you've filled their young minds will provide greater fruit!<BR/><BR/>I'm often amazed when my kids pop out with little tidbits I don't remember "teaching" them. In fact, I'd not taught them, they'd just absorbed it through those self-same rythms, stories, and images.<BR/><BR/>I'll be doing an "Advent Round up" of links for this week (did one last week) and I'm going to include your update post. :)Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08779939436015866490noreply@blogger.com