Well, here at our house we are getting ready for the holidays. One of the ways we celebrate the holidays is by having C do a countdown to Christmas, like we did last year. Each day he gets to open an envelope that has an activity that he can do with me and JD. This [...]
There is a tradition in my family of quilts. When my sister and I were younger, my mom made us quilts. Probably at the time she thought she was just making something for our beds. Little did she know that these quilts would turn into prized possessions. They did. We loved our quilts. As I [...]
Lately, I have not been doing any scrapbooking. I did make our holiday card in Photoshop, so maybe that counts. I’ve been doing more crafts with C in the evening (our no t.v. at night ban) and by the time he goes to bed, I want to veg, so no further crafting has been getting [...]
A few days ago I wrote about our Christmas Countdown that I wanted to do with C. Every day we open an envelope and do a little activity to celebrate Christmas in some way. I tried to vary the activities from reading, watching Christmas TV specials (you know the ones we grew up with!) and [...]
So too early to start talking about Christmas? People, according to Martha’s checklist, we need to have stuff done by now. So come on!!! Get with me. Seriously kidding. I won’t have time to do even 1/4 of the items listed on that list – even if I wanted to. But I do want to [...]