tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777506989220366832.post451976021918237777..comments2024-03-28T06:34:24.576-04:00Comments on maya*made: counting down with a december mapmayalunahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701015028881253692noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777506989220366832.post-81157276203577390712011-12-02T01:13:26.374-05:002011-12-02T01:13:26.374-05:00I go really simple. We light one candle each eveni...I go really simple. We light one candle each evening, little tealights leading up to a big red candle on Christmas Eve. After we light the candle, our son chooses a holiday book (I mix ours with library so we have a different one every night) and we take turns each night reading. Then he blows out the candle. It's a lovely, calm way to end the day. This is our third year doing our "advent candle ceremony." I researched three years ago all the ideas I could find and chose this, partly based on something you had with candles in a spiral, for the life of me I can't remember exactly what it was. But thank you! Our celebration is a gift, no extra running around for this tired mama.Jessica Nicholshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07851793499208069025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777506989220366832.post-1259177212601852442011-12-01T16:02:43.625-05:002011-12-01T16:02:43.625-05:00love your advent calendars - what a great idea to ...love your advent calendars - what a great idea to use up those toilet paper tubes! here is what we do every year for our countdown...<br />http://cherylam.blogspot.com/2010/12/countdown.htmlcheryl.mccannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11291982775126799182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777506989220366832.post-7798552883185106922011-12-01T07:07:39.566-05:002011-12-01T07:07:39.566-05:00I posted a comment on your 2009 calendar post but ...I posted a comment on your 2009 calendar post but just wanted to let you know that I love what you do and made my own TR advent calendar on the weekend. This is it: http://www.mummydi-alogue.com/2011/11/diy-toilet-roll-advent-calendar.html<br />I just put sweets in the pockets but love the idea of putting activities in them - I'll do that next year!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03466814844069547176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777506989220366832.post-28991938065924742542011-11-30T07:52:01.325-05:002011-11-30T07:52:01.325-05:00Trisha,
When I'm struggling to figure out a ve...Trisha,<br />When I'm struggling to figure out a very personal solution, I always try to listen to my intuition. If you already know that last year's model didn't work for you, than you may already have the answers deep down to how you'd like this month to look. Each family's traditions and beliefs are so wonderfully unique- you are the expert on yours. <br />Lovingly,<br />Mayamayalunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06701015028881253692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777506989220366832.post-64833137929863340752011-11-30T07:40:13.021-05:002011-11-30T07:40:13.021-05:00Hi Maya,
These are super,and I really like the st...Hi Maya,<br /><br />These are super,and I really like the stars you posted. I am struggling with how to distinguish Advent from Christmas. Some of what I want to do (baking cookies, decorating the house, making donations of time and money to charity) is preparing a more hospitable world for the little baby to come on Christmas and some of it (Christmas music, anything to do with Santa) seems like something that should wait for Christmas. I saw a cool video clip the other day that says "if you are tired of Christmas on December 26 you did Advent wrong." That happened to me last year! Any ideas on how to merge a fun Advent full of activities with a contemplative one full of waiting for the joy that is Christmas?<br /><br />Sorry if this is too off the wall for you! <br />TrishaTrishanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777506989220366832.post-20598758798018403522011-11-29T08:25:22.818-05:002011-11-29T08:25:22.818-05:00what a lovely idea..love the toilet paper tubes..i...what a lovely idea..love the toilet paper tubes..i may have to snag that one from ya!Sue Frazierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01366618656649034498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777506989220366832.post-32477942869593959172011-11-29T00:02:50.736-05:002011-11-29T00:02:50.736-05:00I think this year we'll be doing, as we did la...I think this year we'll be doing, as we did last year, a list of books to read. The kids really enjoyed that one.<br /><br />I'll miss seeing what a new t.p advent calendar creation from you. But I can't wait to see what type of ornaments you come up with.Lisa Renatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10496988694571275714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777506989220366832.post-56801757869163529712011-11-28T21:51:55.109-05:002011-11-28T21:51:55.109-05:00i thought of you while crafting our Toilet paper r...i thought of you while crafting our Toilet paper roll advent!! we made ours to look like christmas crackers<br /><br />http://thisgirllovestotalk.blogspot.com/2011/11/advent-calendar.htmlThis Girl loves to Talkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04810963456640254875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777506989220366832.post-21046679814100001792011-11-28T21:31:46.089-05:002011-11-28T21:31:46.089-05:00Natalie- I will come for a visit!
Joey- I have sa...Natalie- I will come for a visit!<br /><br />Joey- I have saved each one. 2009 traveled in a box to be featured in a magazine last year, but it's happy to be home again. We will be re-using 2010 again this year. Seems silly to make a new one every year... I really loved those little houses so much and so did my family. My tp rolls this year will be for other decorating...still working on it.mayalunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06701015028881253692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777506989220366832.post-2311288881973546752011-11-28T21:28:51.135-05:002011-11-28T21:28:51.135-05:00Amy- checking in is so important... especially as ...Amy- checking in is so important... especially as they get bigger, totally agree!mayalunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06701015028881253692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777506989220366832.post-77601054564948165292011-11-28T21:26:44.928-05:002011-11-28T21:26:44.928-05:00Oh Raffella! Thank you for such an amazing comment...Oh Raffella! Thank you for such an amazing comment filled with such love and inspiration. What a beautiful idea- a story advent that turns into a book! Oh my! You've blown me away!mayalunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06701015028881253692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777506989220366832.post-37176505192807843302011-11-28T20:49:47.303-05:002011-11-28T20:49:47.303-05:00I looked up your past advent calendars just the ot...I looked up your past advent calendars just the other day! I love the idea of filling them with things to do rather than candy or toys. Looking forward to seeing the 2011 edition!<br />xoxo<br />~ joey ~<br />ps. So what have you done with the past calendars, stored or recycled them?! ;o)Joeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01445299359657183179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777506989220366832.post-28742570121845988852011-11-28T18:51:09.595-05:002011-11-28T18:51:09.595-05:00I love your countdown calendars. We have two that...I love your countdown calendars. We have two that we reuse (and reinvent a little) every year. <br />You can see them at http://plain-jane-remembrances.blogspot.com/2011/11/handmade-holidays-advent-calendars.html. I keep our activities list on a hidden calendar page that I print out each year. That way I can juggle the activities a day or two if something unexpected comes up.<br />Thank you for sharing. I can't wait to see this year's project.Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12447113571069402625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777506989220366832.post-73205819238838595512011-11-28T18:38:46.880-05:002011-11-28T18:38:46.880-05:00I love the candlelight & unplugged night!I love the candlelight & unplugged night!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04707852762353067837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777506989220366832.post-34136129494360403502011-11-28T18:35:55.569-05:002011-11-28T18:35:55.569-05:00Dear Maya,
I have been following you since last y...Dear Maya,<br /><br />I have been following you since last year, when I was desperatingly looking for ideas for the Advent Calendar. And I found a lot of inspiration, beauty - and poetry. Last year I "stole" your idea of the little houses made with milk boxes and, well, I built an entire village for my son's teachers (like 8 or 10 altogether, I guess). I filled them with home-made cookies and the result was really nice. <br />I like the idea of doing much with less. Two years ago, for example, I made an Advent Calendar of "just" stories and poems. I collected 24, I printed each of them on a standard A4 white sheet of paper, rolled them and tied every roll with a red wooden string. I wrote the numbers 1 to 24 in green on brown package paper, cut them out and glued them on wooden clothes pegs. Finally, I used the pegs to fix the rolls with the stories on a raw string which I fixed at both extremities in the corridor wall. The final look was really nice and it was beautiful to see how big the expectation for every single story was. At the end, we gathered all the stories in an ring-book that is now my son's favourite Advent's book. The idea was to illustrate the stories, but this is still an open project.<br /><br />This long post is just to say THANK YOU for all that you share with us all over the world (I am Italian, but live in Spain) and to give my little contribution.<br /><br />I have just finished to prepare and print the list of activities for this December, I cannot wait for the first day of next month and I am sure that my son will enjoy his calendar as much as every year. At the end, what our children want is spending nice time with us, much more than possessing "things". <br /><br />So, thank you again for the love and the creativity you spread from your pages. Have a BEAUTIFUL December!<br /><br />Hugs<br /><br />Raffaellaraffaellanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777506989220366832.post-30107187531221376732011-11-28T18:04:42.098-05:002011-11-28T18:04:42.098-05:00maybe yoy will like this idea for an advent calend...maybe yoy will like this idea for an advent calendar, toilet paper tubes are the base as well:<br />http://craftingcoco-nut.blogspot.com/2011/10/kalendarz-adwentowy-zrobiam-juz.html<br /><br />I like the activities you listed, thanks for ideas!!!coco.nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10107040135191761341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777506989220366832.post-38386836597811450502011-11-28T17:17:11.995-05:002011-11-28T17:17:11.995-05:00Lovely ideas for the calendar. In our halloween an...Lovely ideas for the calendar. In our halloween and winter countdown calendars, I try to fill them with fun activities as well. The one I'm most excited about this year is taking my oldest daughter to see the Nutcracker, complete with a live orchestra!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777506989220366832.post-42843797445591824452011-11-28T17:04:55.085-05:002011-11-28T17:04:55.085-05:00I put together a list while looking at the calenda...I put together a list while looking at the calendar, too, and I need a calendar that allows me to switch things around at the last minute, if necessary. I also check in with the kids beforehand to find out what's on their can't-miss list. I find this helpful in so many ways--there is no need to plan something very labor intensive for the mama if nobody else really, well, cares about it! It helps keep the season reasonable. :)amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02429539000041713324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777506989220366832.post-43297240293119726492011-11-28T16:19:20.343-05:002011-11-28T16:19:20.343-05:00I love that you make your own. It has so much mor...I love that you make your own. It has so much more meaning than just going out and buying one.Martihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09722030738977332998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777506989220366832.post-52999351676236535072011-11-28T16:11:42.535-05:002011-11-28T16:11:42.535-05:00Great idea! If I make a list like this, we might a...Great idea! If I make a list like this, we might actually manage some of the things I want to do with the girls. Thank you for the inspiration!Nicolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09768547917630050424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777506989220366832.post-32536758487463228592011-11-28T15:25:51.470-05:002011-11-28T15:25:51.470-05:00Exactly what I have focused on today ! Thanks for ...Exactly what I have focused on today ! Thanks for your comment on Instagram (will reply there too) I've also had to juggle with school days, weekends, activities that require more time than others, easy ones etc. My boys are really looking forward to it & me too. It's been the third year, and I wish we had started this tradition way earlier. Can't wait to see your calendar this year ! Big hugs my friend oxoxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com