The word advent means “waiting time”, and if you remember a while back I shared a list of some things we would be doing with our kids as we await Christmas this year, but I wasn’t sure just how to introduce those activities to the kids. Well, we found the answer in Melk, The Christmas […]
A Christmas Tree Slumber Party (Link Up)
As part of our countdown to Christmas each year, we generally include a few activities that have become family traditions and are looked forward to each year. One of those is our family slumber party by the Christmas Tree. When I was a child I used to love to lay under the tree and look […]
Christmas Eve Gifts (Link Up)
With all the hype of counting down to Christmas, you would expect us to have a couple of family traditions on Christmas Eve – we do! One of them is our Christmas Eve gift tradition. We don’t put gifts under the tree until Christmas Eve. But on that special night, after dinner, when the dishes […]
The Ultimate List of Christmas Gift Guides (and Link up)
There are lots of odds and ends gift guides floating around out there this time of year. I’ve compiled a list of some of the best into one Ultimate List of Christmas Gift Guides! Be sure to bookmark this post because you’ll want to refer to it often as you complete your Christmas shopping! Lists […]
33 Favorite Holiday Side Dishes
Today’s post is a guest post by Wendy Woerner of Southern Test Kitchen. I’m so excited to try some of the great holiday side dishes that she is recommending! 33 Favorite Holiday Side Dishes The Christmas season is one of those times when we all enjoy partaking of the many and varied side dishes that […]
50 Gifts for the Kid Artist
You all know someone like this, always creating something out of nothing, always finding treasures in the trash, so full of artistic abilities they could fill a museum with their creations by the time they were eight. What kinds of things make good gifts for the kid artist? I have one (a kid artist I […]
Holidays in November
Lest you think that Thanksgiving is the only day worth celebrating in November, I encourage you to hop on over to So You Call Yourself a Homeschooler today and read about all the November Holiday Fun you could be having! I’m sharing a funny or interesting thing to celebrate for each day of November and […]
20+ Ways to Decorate Your Holiday Table
Today’s post is a guest post by Jennifer Tankersley of ListPlanIt.com I know you will enjoy all of these gorgeous ideas for how to festively decorate your holiday table! While my family loves living in Maine, the decision to live here has taken us far from family. We most often celebrate Christmas with just the […]
30+ Teacher Gift Ideas
It’s that time of year again. In a few days you’ll probably get that note from school announcing your child’s class Christmas (or Holiday) party, and all of the sudden you’ll be thinking: “Help! I need teacher gift ideas! ” Here are 30+ traditional, and non-traditional gift ideas to make your teacher feel special this […]
How to Bless Missionaries at Christmas
[wp_eStore_cart_when_not_empty]When we were children, we were allowed to look through the Sears catalog for help in making our Christmas wish list. Mom and Dad would let us give them our list of suggestions along with whether we would prefer one large gift or several smaller gifts. We never knew how much money was their budget, […]