tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023711147176297629.post3486743728457055319..comments2024-03-08T03:50:06.029-05:00Comments on A blog for my mom: Five Favorites: Advent-style!Rosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12888635342531960478noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023711147176297629.post-46034065510728751452013-11-14T22:05:14.162-05:002013-11-14T22:05:14.162-05:00I definitely ordered the books today! Our Playmobi...I definitely ordered the books today! Our Playmobil nativity is in storage this year which is so sad, but I ordered the Fisher Price one, so all will be well.Maiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01128077855389688921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023711147176297629.post-46338780629586161532013-11-12T22:17:28.725-05:002013-11-12T22:17:28.725-05:00My kids beg, beg, for me to get out the Little Peo...My kids beg, beg, for me to get out the Little People Nativity set every year and then beg, beg, me not to put it up. It has been the best every Advent gift around here.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01680470602835526738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023711147176297629.post-31630831265090511422013-11-07T19:47:16.587-05:002013-11-07T19:47:16.587-05:00Daddy's family never got a tree until Christma...Daddy's family never got a tree until Christmas Eve. I thought we got ours maybe a week before Christmas, but I guess you have a different memory. Now, of course, we're tired of the whole tree thing and haven't put one up in years!Melissa H-Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03674140433439195917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023711147176297629.post-27747626536594029902013-11-06T22:49:27.536-05:002013-11-06T22:49:27.536-05:00You can't go wrong with Playmobil! You should ...You can't go wrong with Playmobil! You should check out their website. They have the 3 Kings to go with the nativity and even St. Nicholas! Lots of wonderful, well made toys! The detail is very exact. I even found some Playmobil nuns in full habit for my daughter's Playmobil school a few years ago.<br />CathyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11600098451656788554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023711147176297629.post-31021368745739074352013-11-06T21:00:35.344-05:002013-11-06T21:00:35.344-05:00It's so sweet with the tiny ducky Jesus! I...It's so sweet with the tiny ducky Jesus! I'm really excited to break out the nativities again :)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12888635342531960478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023711147176297629.post-44269670591963783152013-11-06T20:30:10.682-05:002013-11-06T20:30:10.682-05:00Thank you for this wonderful post! I LOVE the duc...Thank you for this wonderful post! I LOVE the ducky nativity set!!! I'm going to have to get that for my 2 year old as a St. Nicholas day surprise! <br />We have the Little People nativity, but it has been played with so much over so many years that we're missing pieces! Maybe it's time to graduate to the Playmobile one...hmmm... Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10135272827538989265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023711147176297629.post-46060646576876724882013-11-06T20:09:43.667-05:002013-11-06T20:09:43.667-05:00Ha! For us it was that my parents couldn't af...Ha! For us it was that my parents couldn't afford a tree until they were knocked down to rock-bottom prices on Christmas Eve!<br /><br />But Andrew's a stickler about only observing one liturgical season at a time - Advent during Advent, Christmas during Christmas. It always depresses me to see Christmas trees on the curb on the 26th when the Christmas season *should* only be beginning!Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12888635342531960478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023711147176297629.post-3595205615116943312013-11-06T20:08:10.632-05:002013-11-06T20:08:10.632-05:00It's just SO cute!!!It's just SO cute!!!Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12888635342531960478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023711147176297629.post-7114878309467040632013-11-06T20:07:27.089-05:002013-11-06T20:07:27.089-05:00Ohhh those teeny tiny pieces... I might just with...Ohhh those teeny tiny pieces... I might just withhold them until the kids are better about not dropping things on the floor?Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12888635342531960478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023711147176297629.post-38963494950256442812013-11-06T20:06:59.041-05:002013-11-06T20:06:59.041-05:00She totally will! Cecilia at that age loved makin...She totally will! Cecilia at that age loved making Mary "ride" the donkey and would generally just hold as many of the characters as possible at all times :)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12888635342531960478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023711147176297629.post-79559906516480744872013-11-06T20:06:03.762-05:002013-11-06T20:06:03.762-05:00Totally stealing that idea! We put ours away once...Totally stealing that idea! We put ours away once Candlemas hits and it's always a novelty when they come back out :)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12888635342531960478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023711147176297629.post-41728895390745706542013-11-06T20:01:49.746-05:002013-11-06T20:01:49.746-05:00Yeah, I think a lot of the tiniest pieces will jus...Yeah, I think a lot of the tiniest pieces will just stay put away until the kids are older because otherwise they'll get lost right away!Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12888635342531960478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023711147176297629.post-20503222435266984712013-11-06T15:18:04.692-05:002013-11-06T15:18:04.692-05:00You know, while I was growing up, we usually set u...You know, while I was growing up, we usually set up and decorated our Christmas tree on Christmas Eve, too, but it was more because my mom was hugely disorganized. It was nice having it be brand-new and magical for Christmas, though, especially since everyone else was bored of theirs and the needles were dropping everywhere.<br /><br />Nate comes from a decorate-right-after-Thanksgiving family, though, so we compromised to 2 weekends before Christmas for setting up our tree, and slowly things come out before then like the Advent wreath and calendar and door wreath.Dorothyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00563218723690810959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023711147176297629.post-51185829642189621312013-11-06T15:01:04.542-05:002013-11-06T15:01:04.542-05:00We got Lucia a nativity for her first Christmas (i...We got Lucia a nativity for her first Christmas (it's none of the ones you showed though, believe it or not) and we didn't get it out last year for some reason (I probably forgot about it) so this will be the first year she gets to play with it! Your post reminded me about it and how excited I am for it!Mandi Richardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14641577291206420549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023711147176297629.post-18521429623198999072013-11-06T14:23:51.833-05:002013-11-06T14:23:51.833-05:00Love our little people set and can't wait to g...Love our little people set and can't wait to get it out!Kaitlin @ More Like Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02260649249438520187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023711147176297629.post-77907444553117899592013-11-06T14:13:52.257-05:002013-11-06T14:13:52.257-05:00The Little People Nativity is a big hit here, and ...The Little People Nativity is a big hit here, and that first one looks great! I've been looking for a kid-friendly Advent Calendar. Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03695179104841318390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023711147176297629.post-85026269819828963882013-11-06T13:16:39.754-05:002013-11-06T13:16:39.754-05:00We have that Fisher Price nativity and the kids *l...We have that Fisher Price nativity and the kids *love* it!!MamaRabiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05920088809395312943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023711147176297629.post-87071421735662592252013-11-06T11:23:12.248-05:002013-11-06T11:23:12.248-05:00I saw the Fisher Price nativity at Toys R Us this ...I saw the Fisher Price nativity at Toys R Us this past week. We have a vintage one. :) The Playmobil nativity set is great, although the crowns don't stay on very well and there are a lot of teeny tiny pieces (that end up in the vacuum cleaner)<br /><br />I might need the rubber duck nativity one....anne watsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07166635086888129456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023711147176297629.post-46287101103861380822013-11-06T10:43:15.184-05:002013-11-06T10:43:15.184-05:00Little one got the Fisher Price one last year from...Little one got the Fisher Price one last year from her Gram and she loves all the little characters- who are mostly in a giant bin with a gazillion of little ducks. I think this year she'll get a big kick out of it. Saoirse Photohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14989407657847702788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023711147176297629.post-37760482161605223232013-11-06T09:44:59.816-05:002013-11-06T09:44:59.816-05:00Definitely added a few of these to our wish list! ...Definitely added a few of these to our wish list! I've had my eye on the Little People Nativity for a while. There's another nativity I found a while ago that I'm hoping to get soon. It is magnetic for the fridge and its made by the same people who make our "nice" nativity: http://www.inhisname.com/product.php?product=75025#.UnpVz3C-opdkate @ be merry, katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12267497102097890814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023711147176297629.post-54974942722235657632013-11-06T09:41:01.436-05:002013-11-06T09:41:01.436-05:00I love our Little People nativity, and so does Gra...I love our Little People nativity, and so does Grace! It kept her away from the non-kid-friendly one! ;)Francinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904134944835186397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023711147176297629.post-50245635519835737602013-11-06T09:32:31.727-05:002013-11-06T09:32:31.727-05:00Oh my gosh, that rubber duck nativity is too cute!...Oh my gosh, that rubber duck nativity is too cute!!Britt Fiskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15306259519375341098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023711147176297629.post-185143838397963282013-11-06T08:53:11.852-05:002013-11-06T08:53:11.852-05:00We have the playmobil one and our kids just love i...We have the playmobil one and our kids just love it...last year I made an Advent calendar out of it and every day they got a new piece of the nativity scene, with baby Jesus last on Christmas Eve. I put it away a few weeks after Christmas and they've been asking for the "kings" to come back ever since. Great picks!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14901910637531435558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023711147176297629.post-49519518733631546902013-11-06T08:40:54.169-05:002013-11-06T08:40:54.169-05:00This is an awesome list! I really want the first o...This is an awesome list! I really want the first one. Katrina Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11003845472776600259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023711147176297629.post-90988400914103144832013-11-06T07:56:40.257-05:002013-11-06T07:56:40.257-05:00Oh I love playmobils! Although you always have to ...Oh I love playmobils! Although you always have to be careful about the small pieces they give. I just like life-like toys, instead of those littlest pet shops with huge eyes or dolls with giant heads lol.ARomanticChildhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02078072053081133716noreply@blogger.com