Over the past couple of years I have created different Advent calendars at christmas time to celebrate the holiday season. I remember when my kids were toddlers feeling the pressure to do everything the Christmas season had to offer. Make christmas cookies, go caroling, drive around and look at christmas lights. Make sure we watch ALL the christmas movies, get matching christmas pajamas, celebrate advent, attend our churches christmas eve service in our new holiday outfits, and the list goes on and on. What I learned over the years, is what sticks with our kids is not so much the “doing” of all the things, but celebrating the little things. And to me that’s what Advent is all about! Celebrating the anticipation of the newborn King. So today I’m sharing some different Advent Calendar Ideas.

You’ve heard me say it before! Actually I feel like it’s all I’ve been saying for at least the last few years. When it comes to decorating for Christmas I love using tiny trees! Like seriously LOVE. lol. I’ve been adding tiny trees to me christmas decor for at least the last 5 years, and 4 years ago my husband jokingly decided to count them until the number reached over 100 and he gave up, ha! Well, I’ve still been adding since then, and I’ve shared HERE on the blog many different ways I’ve decorated with them. But what I haven’t shared is where the obsession came from. So today, I’m sharing a little christmas nostalgia in where my love for decorating with trees all began.