Monday, November 26, 2007

24 Books of Christmas

Thanks to Mommy Chef I decided to do something new for our family this year for Christmas. The 25 Books of Christmas. Each night the kids will take turns opening a present from the basket, which will be a book, (or a DVD, on black Friday, I bough The Grinch, Polar Express, and Elf for $3 each, so I added them to the mix for fun) and then we will read them as a family each night. I am so excited, the kids don't know and I think they will love it. Hudson loves to read and so does Ruby and it will be a
fun way for us to get excited about the holidays.
This is a picture of just a few of the ones I got.
I began a few months ago and just whenever I found a good deal or a book I wanted to Christmas I grabbed them. I always find great deals at Seagull. I found a bunch of Christmas books there for under $2. I found some great ones in Seattle too. I am totally in love with children's books and thought this would be a great way for my kids to get into the holiday season. Some of the books are very special ones, so I will have to make sure they get taken care of, but I am excited. I will update you on how its going.

6 comments:

t & e said...

that is the cutest tradition. i might have to steal that idea when we have kids. i love traditions, christmas is my favorite time of year. i can't wait to see you guys!

kelly said...

your kids (and you) will have lots of fun with this i'm sure!

Sammy said...

OH! they are going to love this! So fun.

Amy said...

That's a great idea! I've been trying to think of how I can make the season more exciting for Gage. He would love something like this, but we don't have enough Christmas books...maybe next year! :)

Sarah and Trent said...

April this is a darling plan! We have a fun little tradition in the Lowe home, I don't know if you remember... you guys might do it too? There's an old soda-can box with 24 cubbies, and we get to alternate little presents every day 'til Christmas. I'm excited, I got Trent some fun little things. This is so funny, there are 3 Trents here!!

Darwin, Jen, Jensyn, Hurley, Violet, and Daphne said...

That is such a good idea. I need to start something with my family to count down to Christmas. You are so smart.