Seasons/Holidays Archive

I let both of my kids peruse my Valentine Pinterest board and pick out which idea the wanted to use for their Valentines for this year.  Honor (my 3 year old daughter) chose this fun idea from The Crafting Chicks. I

Last Spring I put together made this Easter tree … and then in the fall I turned the tree into a Halloween tree.  So, now that it’s February it’s time to convert the tree into a Valentine’s tree. It was super

I haven’t lived anywhere else than Michigan, so SNOW has always been a part of my life (at least for 1/4 of the year!).  Unlike many others, I really enjoy snow (except driving in a lot of it).  Here’s a round

I saw this fabulous idea from Pink and Green Mama on how to turn a paint stick into a super cute Snowman Snow Measurer.  We finally had a chance to give it a try. I took a couple of extra paint

I found some great books the other day while at the library that really inspired us to learn a lot more about snowflakes.  These are the books … Amazon.com Widgets Snowflake Bentley, by Jacqueline Briggs Martin … tells the story of

My daughter, Honor, wanted to go out and make a snowman.  However, (epic momma fail) the snow pants that I ordered for her (way too late) had not come in yet.  And it was WAY too cold and wet to go

Snow starting falling where we live right on the Winter Solstice (December 21).  It melted but made a beautiful return on Christmas Eve … and we’ve had snow on the ground ever since.  My kids were SO excited to go outside

‘Tis the Season … to make sure you send out your Thank-you notes!  And having your kids take part is very important.  Since my kids were old enough to scribble I made sure that they had a role in making and

Our elf, Brief Houser, has returned to the North Pole but we wanted to make sure we shared where we found him on the last couple of days before he returned with Santa on the sleigh. Day 22: Mission Impossible above

We’ve continued to have fun opening up our new Christmas books.  Here’s what we’ve received and read this week … 21.  Merry Christmas, from Biscuit, by Alyssa Satin Capucilli – Biscuit explores all his favorite things about Christmas and at the

Last year the kids and I made Snowman Playdough kits to give away to all their friends, so this year we decided to continue the tradition and give Gingerbread Playdough Gift Packs.   I used this wonderful recipe from Mom to

We’ve continued to have fun waking up each morning to see what our elf, Brief Houser, was up to in the middle of the night.  Here’s this week’s adventures … Day 15:  Writes a message in Cheerios Day 16:  Playing with