how to handle the advent calendar with children

As Christmas Eve is fast approaching, we just  discovered a new dilemma – as you often do, when you’re a parent of small children. There’s a new challange almost every day… So this time, it was that this year was the first one, when we did the proper advent calendar thing – the chocolate one, of course. We decided, that they will get their piece of chocolate heart after dinner, bribing them into eating their food, essentially. (Gave ourselves a little pat on  the shoulder, thinking that’s a smart move. Oh boy. It was such an amateur move!) My boy …