Christmas can be an overwhelming time of year if we let it get out of hand with how much we do. There is a lot to think about each year regarding traditions such as crafts to make, things to bake, presents to buy, and cards to send. Today I wanted to make it a little…
Don’t Give Santa Milk This Year…Donate it to The Great American Milk Drive
Tis the Season to Give, right? Well let me tell you about a great service idea that would be perfect for your kids to participate in! For the most part we all love milk, right? I think we go through about 3-4 gallons a week for all 7 of us! Milk is a huge source of…
Chocolate Peppermint Meringue Cookies
I love a good cookie! Who doesn’t? One of my favorite cookies is SWIG cookies that I shared with you here. Those have been my favorite cookies to make for special occasions…until now! I just recently started playing around with Meringue cookies. If you haven’t tried Meringue cookies you are in for a treat….
Fun Christmas Traditions from South America by Alyssa Craig
When we think of Christmas, we often think of sleigh bells, snow and houses lined with colorful lights. However, as we cross the globe the ways the Christmas holiday is celebrated is just as diverse as the differing languages, cultures and traditions. Even in continents of similar roots, such as South America, each country’s celebrations…
Sweet Treats {Book Review}
I can cook and I can bake, but when it comes to creating cute things out of food…yeah, I stink at it. I mean, I can make things look nice, but making a Santa sleigh out of candy is something I have to look up online! Norene from Party Pinching is so cleaver and amazingly…
The Things I Love Most Holiday Gift Guide for Families
How is your Christmas shopping going? I have had the best time this year not going out and shopping, but doing it all online! Seriously, Amazon and a few other online stores have saved my sanity this Christmas. I am totally done shopping for my kids and husband and just need to buy for the…
Homemade Ornament Exchange Party & Nativity Ornament
This last month a friend of mine invited me to a Homemade Ornament Exchange Party! I was excited to participate, but didn’t figure out the ornament I would make until about 2 days before. Talk about procrastination! I found a lot of cute stuff online so I won’t take credit for my cute ornament, I…
25 Of Our Favorite Children’s Christmas Books
I love children’s books! Like I have mentioned before I have been buying children’s books since I was in high school! I especially love Christmas Children’s books! We have so much fun each night reading Christmas Stories leading up to Christmas! I have collected about 30 of my own children’s Christmas books and am always…
What I Learned From A Really Busy Day About the True Meaning Of Christmas – #ShareTheGift
Yesterday was a crazy day. Seriously crazy! It started out with doing 2 1/2 hour of straight school, no breaks! It was fine, but exhausting. Then we headed off to the dentist with all 5 kids, who by the way, didn’t have any cavities, but it took over two hours. Way too long to spend…
25 Days of Christmas Spirit, Service & Fun 2014
I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We had a quick 2 day trip to visit family and now we are back home and back to life…..back to reality! (I bet you just sang that line)! We put our Christmas stuff up the day before we left, so I fell mostly ready for the…