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Winter Audio Books for Kids

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Despite our lack of wintery weather, we’re still enjoying our stack of snow-themed books and gearing up for cold days to come. Audio books, hot chocolate, and cold winter days are a perfect pair! I have complied a Winter Audio Book Playlist, perfect for car rides, afternoon quiet time, or bad weather days when you’re [...]

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Snow Globe Place Cards

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My girls love setting a fancy table any time of year. Holiday get-togethers are a perfect time to create some extra-special place cards, like our cute snow globe place cards! We’re planning to use these for our winter solstice candlelight dinner, and take them to my parents’ house for Christmas Day. I’m sharing the how-to [...]

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Christmas Card 2010

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The girls created this beautiful winter scene collage for our Christmas card this year. I decided to branch out from our usual photo card, and I’m so glad we did. I just love how it turned out and now I have a nice original piece of artwork to frame and bring out each winter, as [...]

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6 Simple Ways to Welcome Winter

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Is it already feeling like winter where you are? We have been enjoying some night walks around our neighborhood in the brisk, damp air. I’m enjoying bundling up in my scarf and gloves, followed by something warm to drink on our return. In a little less than a week, on December 21, it will officially [...]

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Countdown to Christmas

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Hello, December! My girls are more-than-ready to kick-off our activity advent calendar today. This year, my plan is to take a photo of each day’s activity and make a little photo book for the girls. I think it will be a nice way to capture our holiday traditions! Here are some of our favorite countdown-to-Christmas [...]

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Christmas Repeats

Happy December everyone!  We are gearing up for lots of holiday fun around our house – how about you?  I’m looking forward to sharing some new crafts and activities with you very soon – here’s what we were up to last year: Chocolate Letters Paper Bag Gingerbread Garland Christmas Card Puzzle Game Simple Reindeer Ornaments [...]

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