“Dear Santa,Merry Christnas!!!! I wud like a rele good white Elsa dres, a white car that I can akshoouly drive, a violin, white ice skates, and a gron up wooden esal.xoxo,Isla” Now that she is doing all her own writing, Isla didn’t spend quite as much time on niceties as in years past (ha!), but...
To encourage giving spirits in our kids, we start talking to them pretty early on about how they can share what they have with others. This advent activity provides us an opportunity to work WITH Isla and Cole to look for toys, games, and clothes they no longer use, that are in good shape, and...
That’s right, nothing. (Cue the sad little violin) Our family was feeling far more grinchy than festive and needed a little time to get things right. So, even though we LOOOOVE our advent activities and look forward to them all year, we are also the first to tell you that it is absolutely OKAY to...
We like to gift books on the first day of December so we can enjoy them as long as possible during the season. I pored over dozens of titles this year and am so excited with the 6 new stories we’ve added to our Christmas library! Looking for some great Christmas books? You can see...
What better way to kick off Christmas than with a surprise visit from Santa?! Since Santa had visited us on the cousin gingerbread house making day the past two years in a row, the kids were starting to suspect his arrival, but that didn’t diminish the magic of the morning or their excitement! We are...
