{"id":1354,"date":"2013-12-12T14:22:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-12T20:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waterwayshealth.com\/2013\/12\/advent-challenge-day-12\/"},"modified":"2015-03-03T11:13:04","modified_gmt":"2015-03-03T17:13:04","slug":"advent-challenge-day-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waterwayshealth.com\/?p=1354","title":{"rendered":"Advent Challenge Day 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #351c75; font-size: large;\">This week has been so busy and a bit overwhelming to me, if I am being completely honest. I have a ton on my plate and feel like there isn&#8217;t enough time to get everything done. Anyone else feel this way? We have our Waterways annual holiday party this Saturday (local WMS peeps I hope to see you there! \ud83d\ude42 And lots to do for that as well as other things now\u2026SO, today I thought it was completely fitting that our Advent activity was to hear about the birth of Jesus. He is,\u00a0after all, the real reason for the season. So this was as much for me as it was for my boys.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #351c75; font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.waterwayshealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/photo-79.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waterwayshealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/photo-79-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"298\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #351c75; font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #351c75; font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #351c75; font-size: large;\">Instead of reading the books we have about Jesus&#8217; birth or even reading from my Bible, which I considered doing, I found some cute and short cartoons on YouTube that we watched. The kids enjoyed it. I thought this was the best one of the 3 we saw.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #351c75; font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><object class=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"266\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\" data-thumbnail-src=\"http:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/fwUlbghnPWo\/0.jpg\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/youtube.googleapis.com\/v\/fwUlbghnPWo&amp;source=uds\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"320\" height=\"266\" src=\"http:\/\/youtube.googleapis.com\/v\/fwUlbghnPWo&amp;source=uds\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" \/><\/object><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #351c75; font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #351c75; font-size: large;\">We were able to put it on the TV so they could watch it. I am so impressed with my technology challenged self that I was able to figure that out! lol<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #351c75; font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.waterwayshealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/photo-78.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waterwayshealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/photo-78-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"298\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #351c75; font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #351c75;\">The kids wanted hot cocoa while we watched so I brewed some up with almond milk and this tasty\u00a0and healthy <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/waterways.myshaklee.com\/us\/en\/products.php?sku=20322\"><span style=\"color: #6fa8dc;\">Bavarian Cocoa meal shake<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #351c75;\">. Yum!! It is seriously the best cocoa I\u00a0have ever had and tons of nutrients for\u00a0the kiddos too.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #351c75; font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.waterwayshealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/photo-76.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waterwayshealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/photo-76-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"298\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #351c75; font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #351c75; font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #351c75; font-size: large;\">They insisted on having all of their animals around to watch with them. \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #351c75; font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #351c75; font-size: large;\">So after spending some time on my Good Morning Girls Bible study today and watching this with the kids and talking about it after, my to do list suddenly feels a lot more\u00a0manageable. Amazing how that works. \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #351c75; font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #351c75; font-size: large;\">What activities did you do today? Are you\u00a0staying stress-free this season?<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #351c75; font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #351c75; font-size: large;\">Thanks for reading! Have a great day!!<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #351c75; font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #134f5c; font-size: x-large;\">~Rebecca~<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week has been so busy and a bit overwhelming to me, if I am being completely honest. 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