Ready for our first advent activity? I am!! My first experience with an advent calendar was my paper one from when I was a kid. I’ve got quite the collection now. But I don’t think I ever even heard of advent candles or an advent wreath until I was older. I still don’t quite get [...]
Top Ten {Tuesday}
November 29, 2010 By
It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas…
November 29, 2010 By
Thanksgiving is over. It’s not even December, but hey–it might as well be Christmas. For about the last 3 weeks I have had so much traffic on my Christmas posts, I thought I’d put some of them together for your viewing pleasure. Go on, grab a Reese’s Peanut Butter Christmas Tree (you know you’ve got [...]
Advent Calendars and Beyond!
November 29, 2010 By
I’ve always loved Christmas. I’ve always loved the month long celebration of Jesus’ birth. But since having kids I’ve come to treasure the opportunity to spend good quality time every day thinking, talking and celebrating the birth of the King of all Kings! My favorite way to do so is with an Advent Calendar! And [...]
Operation: Deliver the Shoeboxes
November 24, 2010 By
My church has been collecting shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child. In fact, we collected 8,000! Sadly, the 11 we packed? Not included in that number. Why? Because I didn’t bring them to church! What in the world?! In my defense, we were coloring 11 2-page coloring sheets from the Operation Christmas Child website to enclose [...]
One Last Thing Before Thanksgiving…or is it Christmas?
November 24, 2010 By
{this picture has nothing to do with the post, other than I’m thankful for adorable Woody pajamas!} The kids are watching Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, I’ve got a list of food to cook and there are 5 boxes of Christmas decorations sitting in our dining room. How has Thanksgiving become the starting line for Christmas? Poor [...]
A Thanksgiving Mad Lib
November 23, 2010 By
The blog has been too quiet! Last weekend, our family went to Savannah to visit my husband’s grandmother (remember his Grandfather died a few months ago) and to a family reunion. Our internet access was limited sometimes impressing your kids (and family) means not running around the house with your laptop in the air trying [...]
