{Giveaway} Soaking in the Season

'Tis the season for twinkling lights, Christmas carols, sweet treats, cold mornings, remembering Jesus' birth, parties with family and friends, wrapping gifts for those we love, finding ways to help people around us, candy canes, and ... busyness.

My calendar is full. Thankfully, it's full of good things. Dinners with friends. Parties with family. Family-friend activities like a live nativity and Christmas parade. Plans to cut down a Christmas tree. A road trip to visit my side of the family. It's full of so many things I love about December.

But I still enjoy the breaks. The days like today when I don't have much planned and I'm still sitting in my pajamas while my kids argue {I mean, play ...} with the Little People nativity and GeoTrax train to the North Pole.

These moments are as sweet as the busy ones. Because, really, time does fly.

I have a 4-year-old girl who soaks in everything around here. And my 2-year-old boy will try to do anything she's doing. They're both independent and determined. But they're both loving and sweet. It seems like just yesterday I was trying to think about how to make these days -- the ones where they're watching and listening and soaking it all in -- special.

I want them to know Jesus is alive and he was born as a baby, just like they were. He slept in a manager those first days, like they slept in their baby cribs. He cried. He needed his momma. His father -- both his earthly one and his heavenly one -- adored him.

Just like them.

That's what this season is about. Jesus knows what it's like to live this life. And he gave up his life so we could have abundant, eternal life. With him. And his father.

It's a merry season indeed. Soak it in.

One of our favorite ways to take a break from the busyness and just enjoy each other is play games. We love that Cate is old enough to play some board games with us. And she loves that we'll sit down and play with her. Sorry and Mancala are popular ones around here these days, regardless of the season.

How do you take a break and enjoy this season? Are you doing anything special this year to help your kids soak in what Christmas means? Tell me in the comments below and you could win one of our favorite board games from Wayfair.com, which was formerly CSN Stores. Thanks to Wayfair.com for making this giveaway possible and letting me choose something to share with you.

Here are the giveaway details:

• I will randomly choose two winners on Monday, Dec. 19, so you have until then to enter.
• Participants must live in the United States for shipping purposes should you win.
• I'll need your email address, so I can contact you if you win.
• Extra entries can be earned by following me on Twitter and tweeting about this giveaway {daily, which means you can rack up the entries}. Please leave a comment here should you do any of those things.

Until then, may your days be full of all the joys of the season.
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