I wrapped up 25 christmas books individually and put them under our Christmas tree.
Each night since December 1st, Madden has been choosing one book to unwrap and read before bedtime.
The 25th book he opens on Christmas morning will be about the birth of the Savior.
We will read it together as a family before we open presents or see what Santa brought.
That way we can remember the reason for the season.
And hopefully Madden will pick up on the fact that Christmas is not just about elves and reindeer and Santa bringing lots of toys.
Cuz right now I'm pretty sure thats what he thinks.
I knew the $100's of dollars I spent on children's books to build my kindergarten classroom library would come in handy with my own children someday...
10 comments:
I'm so stealing this idea!!!!
The best tradition! :)
I love this! I wish someone did this for me. Hahaha. Not that I have time for reading these days...
Madden's a lucky boy because he has such a wonderful Mom!
That's a good idea! I need to do something like this with Cash since the other night we were reading the children's Book of Mormon and he pointed at Nephi and said "SANTA!" I'm a failure.
LOVE IT!
B I am doing this too this year!! It has been so fun:) gotta love pinterest!! Madden is the cutest and I love his "wunneen shoes:)"
I love the book tradition. I want to do it too, but haven't been able to buy all the books!
Cute idea!! I didn't see this on Pinterest B's! I love it!! I want to do it too...maybe I can still start a few days late. :)
I'm glad you guys are doing this! We started it with Addie on her 2nd Christmas when she was old enough to understand... She LOVES it. It also makes bedtime that much more fun. Its a great tradition... and I am proud of myself for getting all those dang books wrapped each year!!
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