We had an Advent calendar to help the kids countdown to Christmas. It has pull out drawers for the 24 days. Each night, we'd put a couple items in the drawer for the next morning -- fun to hear the kids reaction when they sneak under the gate at the top of the stairs, and then first thing....see what's in the drawer.
Items ranged from "cones" (candy corn), marshmallows, gummy bear vitamins (AP: "are gummy bears candy"), M&M's (occassionally there'd be an extra M&M with the candy of the day -- that extra was for Daddy!). The first time there was this extra M&M for daddy, it was half eaten, and wet, then put back into the drawer --- thanks Connor, for saving it for me!!!
