Beatrix has a birthday coming up, and I have much to do to get prepared. Right now, I am spending as much time as I can stand each evening going through pictures from the past four years. It’s not that I don’t like looking at photos of Beatrix, it’s that I hate staring at a screen for that long. I am going to have a photo book printed for her with photos from my pregnancy with her through the present. It’s much nicer to look at photos in print and I know she will love this book if I can manage to pull it together in time. I am working hard to include the photos that I think would be most special to her in years to come, rather than just those that would be considered “good photos.” So a book of memories, versus a book of cute pictures of Beatrix. Of course, she’s always cute. Tonight I have all of 2011’s photographs to click through….
That being said, I hope some of you will be interested in another giveaway:
In recent years we have enjoyed reading a chapter book, designed to be read one chapter a day, during Advent. This is just one way that we help our children prepare their hearts for Christmas, and one of our favorite traditions. This year we will be reading Destination: Bethlehem
Authors Sharon Altman and Christine Winkelman sent me an extra copy to give to one of you. For your chance to win, leave a comment on this post. A winner will be chosen via random number generator on Monday, November 5th.
The winner is Kristin: “I was just looking for an Advent book to use with my kids!”
Thanks Sharon, and Christine!
p.s. There will be yet another giveaway here tomorrow. Stop by if you are interested in winning some pretty yarn!
Oh, and the photo of Silas is obviously unrelated to all of the above. It makes me smile though.
Amazing new picture at the top of your blog! Love it!
Oh, and I don’t have kids, so don’t count me in for the giveaway!
I have been looking for something like this! Thanks for the chance to win!
lovely giveaway.
Fun! My kids would love that.
What a sweet and thoughtful present for Beatrice, and thanks for the giveaway!
Sounds like a wonderful tradition to start! Thanks!
This sounds wonderful! I think I’ll order a copy (if I don’t win). Sounds like something my children and also my class of Kindergarten students would really enjoy. Beautiful!
Sounds like a great book, thank you.
Another lovely book! You are very generous in your give-aways- ideal for my grand-kids.
My children five would enjoy this! And me too! Thanks for the giveaway opp.!
I’d love these for my grandchildren! Thank you : )
Another lovely giveaway. Pick me!
Sweet Bea! 4 is such a big age!
I would love a chance to win the advent book. Have a wonderful weekend Ginny!
:)Lisa
It is always a joy to have a new book at the start of advent! Thanks for offering this! I just know my daughter would love to add it to our bedtime routine!
I love doing a little something for the kids each day during advent. Would love to win!
Sounds like a lovely new tradition!
The book sounds wonderful…praying we get picked!!
That sounds like a great tradition. I keep thinking that my son is *almost* to the point of being able to follow a story over multiple days. Maybe by next month!
Oh yeah, I’ve been on the lookout for a great Advent activity! Thanks!
Ruthie
that’s a wonderful idea. perhaps will have to do something similar and substitute are usual bedtime devotional book with something more seasonal. thanks for the suggestion!
When you make Silas’s book, you’ll have to include that photo! Better start a folder now! 😉
In other news, I would love to win a copy of that book!
What a wonderful way to teach young children about advent. Would love to win a copy.
It looks wonderful!!
I may have suggested this to you last year (don’t remember!) but “The Christmas Mystery” by Jostein Gaarder is a great Advent book – there is a short chapter for every day, beginning on Dec. 1st, with an exciting story. I love it, and it’s not well enough known in my opinion.
I’d love to add this book to our Christmas book tradition.
I would be interested in winning this book. Thank you!
Oh that would be just wonderful here:) thank you
What a great way to celebrate the season leading up to the birth of Jesus. Thank you for the opportunity to win a book to use for years to come.
Oh we’d love this!
Oh I would love to share this with my girls. Thanks for the chance to win!
That looks like a wonderful resource.
Looks awesome 🙂
Ohhhh, this book looks great! Thank you!
If non-Americans are allowed to participare I’m in. I have an ongoing figth keeping our family focus on the true meaning of Christmas.
PS: Sorry for double posting if I did. No.1 just vanished into cyber space.
PPS. I love your photos.
I haven’t started any Christmas traditions as my children are still so young, so I’m trying to figure out what would work for us. Looks like a great book!
If non-Americans can participate I’m in as well. I’m figthing to keep out family focus on the real value of Christmas.
I’ve been trying to figure out a good Advent activity for my family – this looks great! What other books have you read, and when did you start doing this? My daughter is really young, but I want to start doing SOMETHING with her… Thanks!
Oh wow – this looks like a great resource!
We would really enjoy adding this to our nightly Advent traditions!
That photo of Silas is so adorable. You family is so beautiful. I also love the idea of a memory book for Beatrix. Will you be updating it every year, or is it a one time gift, or an every-four-years gift?
This looks fun!
We don’t have a tradition to do an advent reading each day, but would enjoy starting!
I´d enjoy ;-D
What a great idea to do leading up to Christmas! I would love to win a copy.
We would really enjoy this!
Advent is such a challenging time for me- wanting to teach and enrich and pray- unable to organize myself… the book sounds like a wonderful help. Blessed feast of All Souls!
Thanks as always for the good work you do and for your giveaway contests.
Sounds like another great giveaway! We do not slow down enough this time of year…maybe this would help!
The book sound great, thanks for the opportunity.
Always looking for a new Advent resource. Looks great.