A goal and Christmas stuff

Its almost Christmas time. Turkey time has passed and Toby and I have made some health goals and perosnal goals. One of mine is to get backt o bloggin about my cute, adorable, amazing kids.. and family, of course. 

One thing I have been working on lately is to make a home made advent calendar. Since I lived in Germany and advent was very big there, it is a pretty big tradition to me. So I saw one I loved in pinterest, convinced my mom to make one too and we went to the store to pick everything out.

 

 I'm almost done making the pockets. Mine are not as cutsie as this on here but I like how they turned out.  

Then comes the hard part of figuring out what to put in them. Toby and I brainstormed 30 ideas because we won't to rotate them and here's what we have:

1. Tape quarters to candy/toy machines w/ kindness note

2. Go see the lights at the Temple.

3. Take food to $ to a homeless person.

4. Donate 2-3 toys

5. Go caroling as a family

6. Bake cookies from friends

7. Go sledding or build a snowman

8. Watch a Christmas movie and drink cocoa

9. Decide on and go buy a new memory ornament

10. Hang stockings and eat cookies

11. Hand out candy canes to random people

12. Drive to see Christmas lights

13. Go see the Festival of Trees

14. Do something nice for each family member

15. Find and attend a free Christmas concert

16. Visit Santa

17. Write letters to Santa

18. Put on Christmas music and dance

19. Read a talk about the Savior

20. Listen to the 1st Presidency's Christmas Devotional

21. Participate in Ward Choir Christmas Program

22. write and anonymous note to the bishop and leave w/ treats

23. Minute-to-Win it games

24. Open Christmas jammies and read the Christmas story from the bible.

Alternates/ for when kids are older:

25: Pick Secret Santas

26. Donate to salvation army bell ringers

27. Have missionaries over to dinner

28. Gift for teacher at school

29. Pick and Angel from the Angel Tree 

What do you think? Got any to add?