Family Advent Days 1-3 (and a wee giveaway) >> a peek inside the fishbowl

04 Dec, 2012

Family Advent Days 1-3 (and a wee giveaway)

Posted by andrea tomkins in: Easy ways to make kids happy| Giveaways and product reviews

Surely one of the most welcome gifts this time of year is a gift card to a grocery store. Just yesterday I was picking up groceries at Sobeys and I could practically FEEL my wallet breathing a sigh of relief as I handed one over. That’s why I’m pleased to tell you about a new giveaway over at the Sobeys website. It’s very easy to enter, and you can win $100 gift card! And if you don’t win, at the very least you may find a way to make holiday entertaining a little easier! You can read more about it here.

So we’re in the throes of Family Advent. The first few days have gone off without a hitch:

Day one: gingerbread construction. I think this one is self-explanatory.

Day two: charitable giving - This goes back to their allowance (which you can read about in more detail here) but to summarize, a percentage of their allowance is earmarked for a donation to a charity of their choice. Emma chose to give to WWF-Canada (specifically, she’s putting her money towards the Spirit Bear) and Sarah decided to invest in someone’s small business with a micro loan given via Kiva.

Here’s Josephine! It goes without saying we’d love to see her get closer to her goal! :)

Day three: make paper snowflakes - I wasn’t sure how well this one was going to go over with an 11 and 13 year old (er, and a 50-year old), but we all had a lot of fun.

Now on to Day four! And totally unrelated, I am in the middle of drafting another giveaway. It’s a really good one… and the timing couldn’t be better! Stay tuned!

This post is part of our 2012 Family Advent, a.k.a. 25 Days of Christmas. You can read more about that here. Looking for some Christmas-related activities to try out yourself? Check out my Pinterest board.

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