jacinda
Sweet Shoppe SugarBabe
A soldier friend of mine died in Afghanistan a few months ago. His wife is a good friend too, and has since moved into my area with her two children (5 and 9). I caught up with her the other day and asked her how she was doing. She said the kids are fine, but it's her that is struggling emotionally. She's worried how this first Christmas will go for the kids without Dad too. She's working, and trying to hold it all together, so doesn't have a lot of time to organise things for the lead up to Christmas.
Although she didn't ask for anything, I want to do something for the kids. Like a daily advent activity thing, and I'm asking for any ideas. My own life is crazy busy leading up to Christmas, so it has to be something that is fairly easy to put together.
Does anyone know of any links to home-based activities/gifts or self-contained packages I could arrange in advance? Ideally with little to no preparation required from the mum, as she is wiped out after a full days work, and may not be able to pop out and do things once she's home. I've already suggested to her to do the 25 Christmas stories idea (wrap up 25 books, then open and read one each day leading up to Christmas).
Although she didn't ask for anything, I want to do something for the kids. Like a daily advent activity thing, and I'm asking for any ideas. My own life is crazy busy leading up to Christmas, so it has to be something that is fairly easy to put together.
Does anyone know of any links to home-based activities/gifts or self-contained packages I could arrange in advance? Ideally with little to no preparation required from the mum, as she is wiped out after a full days work, and may not be able to pop out and do things once she's home. I've already suggested to her to do the 25 Christmas stories idea (wrap up 25 books, then open and read one each day leading up to Christmas).
