OK, so we're backtracking a bit. But you see, Niklas got his first advent calender this year. (Well, he's actually got two, since Momo (Grandma) gave him one, too. It's a 
paper one, with pictures to open and showing scenes of life in a castle from old times.) Every kid in Norway has an advent calendar, and if you've got the time (or not?) you can do a home made one. So, that's what Niklas got. 24 presents (phew!) later, and he was introduced to the tradition.
It's hilarious to watch him all droopy eyed in bed and reluctant to get up in the morning. With a slight mention of the calender - voila!! - he's up and sporting a huge smile, too!
As an added benefit, he's really learning a lot from having a calender. (No, really, he is!) Though he's been counting to 15 for a long time, he's learning about the higher numbers. Many mornings, the first words uttered out of his mouth are: 19 today!!! (Obviously, a different number each day.) Also, the calendar is helping him learn more about Christmas (in a strictly numbers and significant dates kind of way). Finally, there's the lesson of patience, for obvious reasons.
Just one thing, please remind me next year to start shopping for the 24 calendar presents in October, OK? Especially since next year it'll be 48 - with Emma's, too!
paper one, with pictures to open and showing scenes of life in a castle from old times.) Every kid in Norway has an advent calendar, and if you've got the time (or not?) you can do a home made one. So, that's what Niklas got. 24 presents (phew!) later, and he was introduced to the tradition.It's hilarious to watch him all droopy eyed in bed and reluctant to get up in the morning. With a slight mention of the calender - voila!! - he's up and sporting a huge smile, too!
As an added benefit, he's really learning a lot from having a calender. (No, really, he is!) Though he's been counting to 15 for a long time, he's learning about the higher numbers. Many mornings, the first words uttered out of his mouth are: 19 today!!! (Obviously, a different number each day.) Also, the calendar is helping him learn more about Christmas (in a strictly numbers and significant dates kind of way). Finally, there's the lesson of patience, for obvious reasons.
Just one thing, please remind me next year to start shopping for the 24 calendar presents in October, OK? Especially since next year it'll be 48 - with Emma's, too!
Checking the calender out on the first day of December
This picture I just had to add because I thought it was a great shot of my two handsome boys :-)
2 comments:
That is a really cool tradition with the 24 presents. Is that a Norway thing?
It's a tradition in Norway, but I'm sure some other countries do it, too??
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