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Countdown to Christmas with Books, part 1

As you may have seen in my post last Saturday (Our Elf Update: Week One 2012), Santa sent us a box filled with 25 wrapped books.  One to unwrap each day until Christmas.  Here’s what we’ve opened so far in our

Elf Adventures, 2012 Week One

We decorated the house and started our Christmas shopping … but our elf, Brief Houser, hadn’t yet arrived.  (for all his adventures from last year check out this post).  But finally on December 1st he returned for another season of fun!!!

Our Advent Calendar

Growing up one of my favorite things about the month of December was our advent calendar.  My mom made it from a kit when I was very young.  I can’t remember a Christmas season without it hanging up some where in

A Collection of Our Christmas Elf’s Adventures in 2011

We’re still waiting for our Christmas Elf, Brief Houser, to come visit us this year.  Hopefully he’ll arrive soon because we really miss him!  Until then we’ll have to review all the crazy things that he did last year … Week

Introducing “Home sweet home” – Happy Holidays in Happy Homes (a collaborative parenting series)

I am SO excited to introduce a new upcoming HAPPY PARENTING – series! Me and my blogging buddies Solgave & Angelique Felix.com-The Magic of Play want to bring you in the mood for Happy Holidays in a Happy Home. Not because

Thank-you note Torture

Growing up my wonderful mother instilled in me the importance and art of writing thank-you notes.  I don’t remember ever minding this … but then again, I always have enjoyed writing. Believing in the importance of formally giving thanks, I want

Our Christmas Elf’s Adventures, Week 4, 2011

 Day 21:  Our Christmas elf, Brief, brings the kids a note with a gift to celebrate the first day of Winter Break vacation.  The note stated, “Happy Winter Break.  Please plant these magic seeds in the marshmallow snow … and see

Collection of Christmas Fun from the PlayDr Mom’s Kids

Here’s a Collection of Christmas Fun we’ve had.  Some the kids did at school with their amazing teachers; others we did at home.  Hover over the photo to learn more about each project!

Spin Art Christmas Trees

 Got the idea from The Chocolate Muffin Tree: Spin Art Christmas Trees.  LOVE THIS BLOG!  We used our spin art machine, not a salad spinner, so ours our pretty tiny.  I used tape to secure the half circles into cones (because

Homemade Playdough Snow (and snowman accessories!)

This year Honor and Henry (with lots of help from me!) made Homemade Playdough Snow to give to their friends for Christmas. I followed this basic Playdough Recipe, but added in iridescent glitter at the end in some of the batches. Honor

Our Christmas Elf’s Adventures, Week 3, 2011

Come see what our Christmas Elf has been up to THIS week … Day 15:  Caught up in the Garland on the staircase Day 16: Being Naughty … Caught sneaking cookies … and trapped in the box! Day 17:  Being Nice

Angry Bird Ornaments!

If you haven’t been following along, my son is an avid Angry Birds fan.  He’s made videos, paintings, and even dressed as the red bird for Halloween. So, having a Angry Bird themed Christmas tree for his room seemed to just