Decoration of the Day - Day 4

LEGO Advent Calendars

Blacksmith and anvil, forge, weapons stand and knight with mace.

H doesn't like the advent calenders with chocolates every day.  (It's her mother's influence).  She had one that came out every year, made by her Godmother, with a felt tree and felt decorations, held on the tree with velcro dots.  There were 25 pockets, and 25 decorations, finishing with the star on the top of the tree on Christmas Day.  (For next year, H is planning to have a 25-day Jesse Tree, as long as she manages to get around to making it.)

But last year, Chez Stutters found the awesomest version of an advent calendar EVER: a LEGO advent calendar.  Last year, the only one we could find was LEGO City - with a cops and robbers theme.  Since then we've discovered JustBricks.com.au and during the year we bought previous years' Star Wars and Kingdoms Advent Calendars.  This year, we have an advent calender each (H has Kingdoms, S has Star Wars) and we can rotate among the three in the years to come.

H really does love having something to build each day (so does S - she's usually the first to point out that the day's build hasn't yet been revealed) rather than just a chocolate.  So much more fun - and healthier, too!