I rather prefer when Thanksgiving is not quite so late in the month of november. It gives me some breathing room between Thanksgiving and December 1st when I always seem to have a minor freak out that Christmas is coming and I don’t want to rush it. I love December and like to have as […]
The best portion of a good man’s life. His little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love. William Wordsworth (1770-1850) Poet In honor of World Kindness Day this week (November 13, 2013), I’m sharing a small obsession of mine – random acts of kindness. For some reason I am mildly infatuated with stories and […]
It’s been a busy week around here. Sick kids, not fun. We still managed to continue some Random Acts of Christmas Kindness, and have a few special Christmas moments. Up for this weekend- baking, holiday performances, and 3 birthday parties! phew! A few photos of our week and some yummy ideas for your holiday baking. […]
A friend with young children recently asked me what our family’s all time most favorite outdoor toys were. From big ticket items to the smallest ones our kids have thoroughly used {and abused} all of these from sun up to sun down through each season and from 0-9 years old. So from one outdoorsy family […]
As I mentioned last week, and in my post about Advent, we’ve started a new tradition in our family this year. RACK is a commitment to performing Random Acts of Christmas Kindness for 24 days in anticipation of Christmas. It connects us to other people and reminds us of all our blessings along the way. […]
What are you up to this weekend? We are surprising the kids and taking them on the train to see the “Fantasy of Lights” in Vasona Park, they are going to love it! Plus we’ll make Gingerbread Houses and read from more of our favorite Christmas Books. Here are 5 Favorites for Friday this first week of […]
Between the stormy weather this weekend we had so much fun picking out our Christmas Tree, decorating, shopping, seeing Santa and so much Christmas cheer to start the month off right! The rain has been non-stop here in California lately. We timed it just right this weekend and found a break in the storm to […]