Counting down to Christmas: Advent Calendar

On December 1st we began our advent calendar. I was inspired by Martha Stewart and made a stocking advent calendar. Each day Baby Bear gets a stocking with a treat or small gift. On Christmas, she will get her big stocking.





Every day, Baby Bear asks for a "kitten." For some reason, she calls the stocking kittens. I think she means mittens like the mitten in the book Goodnight Moon that are hung by clothes pins, which is how I have hung up the stockings. It is the only connection that I can figure out. We have enjoyed counting the days and getting a stocking each day. It is fun way to count down to Christmas.