The countdown is well underway

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I managed to get my advent calendar up in time for Dec 1st this year….just a little late in posting about it!

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R has been getting a kick out of it.  I think it is giving her a lesson in patience too, because she sees things poking out of some of the other bags and wants to open them right away!

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I just strung a piece of red yard between two picture hangers on my wall, and then put a little santa at the end (and a snowman at the beginning) to mark Christmas Day!

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I used regular old clothespins.  My original plan was to pain the clothespins…that didn’t happen in time…but we did paint some a couple days ago – so once they are finished and dry and up on the wall, I’ll post them up too!

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The bags are just small silver bags from India that I had in the house – I love using things I already own (i.e. all of it!)

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Here are some pics from the from the first few days of opening the treats!

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Someone could barely contain her excitement!

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She had fun trying to reach for them too!

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This one was a little hard to get out…but she managed =]

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And in case you missed it, I put up a free download of the numbers I made for the calendar – here it is!

Enjoy!