DECORATING GINGERBREAD We split our usual gingerbread decorating fun into two days this year. We made the cookies two weeks ago after crafts and this past weekend we decorated one large house, four mini houses and three sleighs. The kids transformed these… …into these: And this… …into this: Lots of candies were used. No really. […]
Read MoreYou may remember my post from last year introducing our Christmas elf, Buddy. Please read that entry if you want the basic logistics of housing a Christmas elf. I don’t want to be the girl who repeats herself. This year, Buddy came back to visit a bit earlier than usual. In our house, Buddy cannot […]
Read MoreJust a fast picture re-cap. We had a really fun day! I spent most of it at the kids’ school taking pictures of the older grades reading to the younger, the Book Character Parade and helping with Andrew’s class party. I managed to squeeze in a 3.5 mile run and a shower in between school […]
Read MoreYou may remember my post on Halloween BOOing last year. Of course, we continued with one of our very favorite non-spooky traditions. 5th year and counting… This is something we look forward to each October! I picked up some orange and black gift bags from Target this year. In fact, all of our BOO supplies […]
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