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6 Weeks Till Christmas: Create a New Family Tradition
Simple Mom — ... tree that holds one ornament per day for a set amount of time, leading up to the final one on Christmas day. Each ornament is a symbol of a particular part of Scripture, starting with creation and leading to the birth of Christ. This is a simple, powerful way to introduce the chronological epic of the Bible to younger children, since there are many short daily devotions that you can do each day as a family. My favorite is Ann Voskamp’s “The Glorious Coming.” You can tweak your jesse tree to ...

In Case You’re Looking for Thanksgiving Ideas…
Life Nurturing Education — ... You are the Historian- investigate the first Thanksgiving Glowbird- only requires a few supplies And here are a couple things to print from my bookmarks: 1st Thanksgiving Book- color, cut, and staple or cut, staple, and color Thanks and Giving Tree- capture gratitude on leaves Because Thanksgiving is still a couple days away, right? P.S. I did find an advent book. I purchased A Glorious Coming by Ann Voskamp. We will finally make a Jesse Tree this year! ...

Menus and Traditions
Suburban Turmoil — ... for the first year and I'm really excited about it. I have downloaded Ann Voskamp's Jesse Tree book and plan to make most of the ornaments this weekend with Punky. ...

Our Jesse Tree
Life Nurturing Education — ... to hang from dying boughs. Ink blotted and colored to remind us of the promise in a story begun ages ago… And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow from out of his roots: And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord. (Isaiah 11:1-2) (Ornaments from A Glorious Coming) ___________ I promised pictures of our ...