December 22: When you don’t have children or when your children are all grown up, it is easy to forget the magic of Christmas. We experienced it here in full force. I heard Allan wake up around 7am and thought I might be able to get him to go back to sleep for another 45 […]
Archives for December 2007
The Candid Photo
December 21: For any of you who have children you know how hard it is to get that perfect photo. The one where your child is looking at the camera with a nice smile, not the one where they are running away or shaking their head no so the photo is blurry. That is my […]
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Frosty the Snowman
December 20: Frosty the Snowman finally played last night on CBS, so I TIVOed it last night and we watched it today. It isn’t like we watched it just once, I think 14 times would be more accurate. Lorelei wanted to really absorb every detail and I was just a little too worn out from […]
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Santa Card and Early Gifts
December 19:Today we made Santa cards using hand prints for the beard. It was really simple and fun to do. The only problem was the painted hand part, which made a mess and Allan thought he should start rubbing both hands together and make a big mess. He got really mad when I washed his […]
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Salt Dough Ornaments
December 18:Today we made salt dough ornaments for everyone. One may be coming your way! I mixed the dough up and colored it ahead of time. Then this afternoon we set to work. Lorelei loved it. I rolled out little pieces of dough, then she used the cookie cutters to cut out the shapes. She […]
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Our 25 Days of Christmas
To celebrate the Christmas Season we have been opening a wooden Advent Calendar to reveal a surprise each day that gives us an activity to do for the day. I am going to show you what we have been up to this far in December. Hope all of your Holiday Seasons are going as well […]
