How can you guarantee smiles in this house? Suggest making hot chocolate. How about taking it a step further? Break out the fine china, Anna of The Imagination Tree is having a hot cocoa party! Ok, maybe not fine china...but we do love drinking hot cocoa out of our little tea cups and having a [...]Continue Reading
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Our Grandparent Traditions | Day 6 Creative Christmas Countdown
The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent. ~Sam Levenson How do grandparents fit into your holiday traditions? Cerys at Rainy Day Mums is creating a "grandparent's tradition" in her family: Start a Grandparents Tradition Whether or not your family [...]Continue Reading
Sing a Song | Day 5 Creative Christmas Countdown
How is your beginning of the Creative Christmas Countdown going? I hope something over the past few days has caught your eye and inspired a little holiday fun in your house. Today, if you haven't already, it's time to get out your favorite holiday music and sing along! One of the things I love [...]Continue Reading
Thank You Cards | Day 4 Creative Christmas Countdown
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. - William Arthur Ward We'd all love to give thank you cards with artwork from our children, but no one wants to be the parent hovering over the child begging them to decorate, "just one more card!" Today [...]Continue Reading
Walnut Babies | Day 3 Creative Christmas Countdown
Ever since we've been together, my husband and I have had a yearly tradition of making each other a Christmas ornament. The ornament-making takes place in secret and we present each other these little creations in the glowing light of the tree. A few years ago, when our boys were 1 and 3, they [...]Continue Reading
Make Christmas Cards | Day 2 Creative Christmas Countdown
Handmade Christmas cards are so sweet to receive, and Aleacia of Dilly Dali Art will really get you inspired! She's even doing a link-up so we can see the cards other families create too! Here's the truth about me and Christmas cards: I feel fine about not having them done until we get the first [...]Continue Reading
