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Last-Minute Christmas Gifts for Boys (Includes Homemade Ideas!)
December 10, 2012
Two weeks until Christmas! Hopefully, you're more organized than me and have all of your shopping done. If not, here are some last-minute gift ideas for boys. Basic Lego Tub…
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Christmas Countdown Tree (for Jesse Tree Ornaments)
December 1, 2012
The past two years, our family has enjoyed creating an Advent Tree (also called a Jesse Tree) to count down to Christmas. Actually, the first year we did a tree,…
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Turn Catalogs into a Christmas Collage
November 29, 2012
We can tell it's the Christmas season, because lately our mailbox has been looking like this: Before taking a pile out to the recycle bin, I had the idea of…
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Christmas Tree Math
November 28, 2012
We made homeschooling a little more festive this week with some Christmas tree math! Gresham (1st grade) is working on learning his addition facts, so I made 6 trees with…
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Christmas Gift Guide for Boys
November 22, 2012
I can't believe that it's time to think about Christmas shopping already! We're planning to keep Christmas gift-giving very simple this year because of a job transition and a time…
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We tried to take a nice family picture...
December 20, 2011
Hi, this is Owen. Mom doesn't usually let me up at the computer, being as how I'm 2 and all, but since she's folding laundry and not paying attention, I…
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Make an Advent Book
December 3, 2011
I can't remember what exactly got me thinking about the word "advent" - maybe it was the Star Wars Lego advent calendar I saw in the store, or the one…
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Year End Scrapbook Activity
December 31, 2010
We had a New Year's Eve party at home with the boys tonight! We fixed some family favorites - little smoked sausages baked in crescent rolls, green beans, cheese and…
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Felt Star Christmas Ornaments
December 17, 2010
Today we were supposed to go to a GI appointment for Owen, but he woke up with a fever, so we had to cancel the appointment. After the week we've…
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Easy Christmas Ornaments to Make
December 4, 2010
I made these ornaments when I was in kindergarten, and I still hang them on the tree every year! (I also have one from preschool - it's a styrofoam bell…
