I know I posted a couple weeks ago and seemed to promise more Christmas Preschool Activities. Well here’s another one. Will there be more? Your guess is as good as mine at this point. Anyway, you just need a printout of 5 Christmas trees labelled with the numbers 1 to 5 respectively. If you’re not...
Lessons learned in tree hunting
Power isn’t always better. (Also could be…make sure you have enough spare batteries for your chain saw). Ok. We really only learned that lesson this year.
Christmas Tree Adventures
On the third* day of Christmas, my true love gave to me… *I know it’s not the third day of Christmas so work with me 🙂 3 painted faces 2 Santa’s helpers and a tree that was much too tall for our house.
Twisted Christmas Chain
We put a little twist on the Christmas chain this year. While there are still names of friends and family on the links, we added names of orphans from around the world on the reverse sides. You can see children waiting for forever families at www.adoptuskids.org and www.rainbowkids.com. Here’s the post on our annual Christmas...
Who really benefits from adoption?
As National Adoption Month comes to a close, I thought I’d squeak in one last post on adoption. Not that I won’t blog about adoption ever again, because I will. I just won’t be able to do it during National Adoption Month for another year. If you know an adoptive family well, you know that...
Christmas Preschool Activities
In an effort to encourage Ty in his speech, language, and overall development, I’ve been trying (keyword) to do some basic activities with him. Here’s an example. It’s short and sweet with a beginning and an end and a holiday theme to boot 🙂 Print out the template by clicking the picture above. Gather a...
I am Thankful…
…for my family (parents, inlaws, kids, siblings, etc). …for my friends (you know who you are). …for adoption (of me into my family, of Ty into our family, of us into God’s family). …for online shopping. I know that last one seems shallow but if you have 3 small children, it’s HUGE. Besides grocery shopping,...
Gourmet Club and Mismatched Pictures
WARNING: This is a post where the pictures do not match the words. It’s the epitomy of either laziness or super efficient blogging 🙂 ———————————————————- We’re self-proclaimed foodies.* A couple months ago, a bunch of our foodie friends decided to start a Gourmet Club. About once a month, someone volunteers their home and picks a...