Archive for the 'Holidays' Category
November 17, 2007 @ 8:02 am | Filed under: Advent & Christmas, Art, Best Gifts for Homeschoolers, Books, Comic Books, Fun Learning Stuff, Holidays
Here’s another topic I’ve written many posts on, both here and at Lilting House.
Books We Love, Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four
Part Five
Signing Time DVDs
More about Signing Time
Yet more about Signing Time
Showcase Presents comic book collections
Family memberships to zoos, museums, etc.
Each of the above link is a longer post on the subject.
Other people tackling this topic:
Alicia at Love2Learn
Jennifer at As Cozy as Spring
Danielle Bean
(List lifted from Karen Edmisten—thanks, K!)
December 24, 2006 @ 2:48 pm | Filed under: Holidays
Just had to share this clip of Beanie discovering treasure in her stocking last year. How will St. Nick ever top those ponytail holders?
November 15, 2006 @ 7:15 am | Filed under: Holidays
You all know about Works For Me Wednesday, right? It’s a collection of helpful hints hosted by Rocks in My Dryer, and people from all over the blogosphere submit their own nuggets of useful advice. Very cool. I have a Works For Me tidbit I keep meaning to share, and I popped over there today to enter the link. Turns out today is the special Christmas edition! My tidbit isn’t Christmas-specific, so I guess I’ll save it. But there’s a lot of nifty stuff there. I especially like this make-your-own stationery gift set idea from The Wilson Six.
Let’s see, do I have any good Christmas advice to share? Well, there’s the Kringle tradition…the year Wonderboy was born, a friend of mine sent us a scrumptious Kringle from the O & H Bakery. So. Very. Good. We actually ate ours on the feast of St. Lucy instead of Christmas morning as my friend had intended, because—it really was incredible—her gift happened to arrive the day before St. Lucy’s feast day, and Scott and I were still in the NICU with Wonderboy, and on our way home from the hospital late that night I realized to my horror that the next morning was the day our little girls would be expecting to dress up with crowns of candles and serve sweet rolls to Daddy in bed. I had nothing in the house that could pass for sweet rolls (or so I thought), and though I knew the girls could make do with cinnamon toast like in my little picture book, Hanna’s Christmas, I still felt so bad. We’d had a terrible week, what with the surprise surgery Wonderboy needed right after he was born, and I hated to disappoint my girls, who had been on such a roller-coaster all week.
And then we got home from the hospital and my mother, who was staying with the girls, told me a package marked "Refrigerate immediately" had arrived that day. It was the Kringle. (Tami, thank you again!) My little clan of Lucias served it to Daddy next morning, and we’ve continued the tradition every year since. I order one to arrive around December 10th, to be sure I have it in time for the feast of St. Lucy on December 13.
(Oh, and the O & H Bakery offers a Kringle giveaway drawing every week!)
For more wonderful Christmas inspiration, do check out the group blog called O Night Divine. Some of my favorite homeschooling mothers have come together to share their ideas for making Advent and Christmas holy and (this is key) serene. This week, Alice of Cottage Blessings posted a simply stunning Advent activity—it’s a lovely and original craft in which simple wooden cubes are used to bring to life many Advent traditions such as the Jesse Tree, sacrifice and good deeds, and the Nativity set. Brilliant and beautiful, just like Alice.
Also—because I figure if you can’t be the first person to share a link, you ought to be the last—don’t miss The Loveliness of Homemade Gifts fair at By Sun and Candlelight!
May 14, 2006 @ 2:22 am | Filed under: Carnivals, Holidays, Home and Hearth
On this special day, Amyable of Among women invites us to A Celebration of Hearth and Home. Pour a cup of tea and settle in for a nice long visit in the lovely home of this “mother most amiable.”
Speaking of lovely, I cannot resist sharing the beautiful new blog of Lesley of Small Meadow Press. Small Meadow is my favorite source of notecards and other stationery—such a peaceful, joyful spirit suffuses every page Lesley creates. Her blog, The Bower, promises to be just as inspiring.
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