B is for… Sunday, Nov 29 2009

Bethlehem

and Bishop (as in St. Nicholas)

and Bell

My son added:

Baptism

and John the Baptist

Our books marked with a “B”:

• The Twelve Apostles by Marianna Mayer (St. Andrew portion)
• B is for Bethlehem by Isabel Wilner
• Bethlehem by Fiona French
• Saint Who Became Santa Claus by Evelyn Bence
• St. Nicholas: the Story of the Real Santa Claus by Mary Joslin
• The Christmas Bell by Rolf Krenzer
• Destination Bethlehem by Sharon Altman and Christine Winkelman, illustrated by Amy Rosener (Begin reading)

Today was our “A” day and it went quite well. My son loves the whole concept and was trying to guess what was going to be next — and he added a few words to our lists. Reading our Introduction to the Liturgical Year really spawned good discussions on the liturgical calendar and about Advent.

We spent some of the afternoon coloring and cutting and pasting this nice little Nativity.

I hope to share some pictures of our paper chain and Advent wreath poster in a day or two. I’m sure not every day in Advent will go this smoothly, but it was so nice to begin Advent on a solid footing.

I’ve also posted over at O Night Divine and Catholic Cuisine.

Advent is one of my favorite liturgical seasons, can you tell? I think I love it as much as Sally.

(This is part of an Alphabet Series, information found the original Alphabet Advent post. The other letter posts can be found in the Alphabet Advent Category.)