My favorite part of Christmas (besides the whole part where it celebrates how much our God loves us) is getting updated pictures and stories from friends and families. I’ve attempted to be creative with our cards for the last 10 years, but alas it’s time consuming and expensive! With 4 adoptions in less than that...
With my family here and his family there, we’ve always had to be intentional about how we split time for the holidays. Years ago we decided to do Thanksgiving in one state and Christmas in the other. Every year we switch which one we do where. Our families have been very gracious about “sharing” us...
Christmas morning reactions are my favorite to catch on film. They are usually so indicitive of their personalities. This year, the kids had the chance to shop and wrap completely independently of me thanks to this awesome homeschool Christmas bazaar in which we participated. It was so fun to see what they picked out for...
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In honor of Dr. Seuss’ birthday, Mia has a dramatic tribute taken from our Christmas favorite, How the Grinch Stole Christmas! “Then he growled, with his Grinch fingers nervously drumming…” “Then he got an idea! An awful idea!” “‘These stockings,’ he grinned, ‘are the first things to go!'” “HE went to the chimney and stuffed...
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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...
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.