Category Archives: Anecdotes

This is a little video I threw together of our trip to see the CP Holiday Train from our 2011 Advent Calendar. You can hear the excitement in their voices!

This looks awesome to me! I was searching for instructions on how to make a box or envelope or some creative way to fold an 8 1/2 x 11 inch piece of paper before Christmas. I had a gift certificate … Continue reading →

We have come to the end of our advent calendar for 2011. For the final day, we continue a tradition started years ago. On Christmas Eve, the whole family sleeps in the same room. The “star bed” is the second … Continue reading →

For our final movie night of the advent calendar, we decided to do a longer film. Elf is a fun story about a human raised by elves in the North Pole who goes to New York to find his father. … Continue reading →

Something that many people wish to do each year and never seem to find the time, driving around looking at Christmas lights seems to be more of a rarity today than it used to be. We’ve managed to do some … Continue reading →

December 21st was the winter solstice this year. To honor the solstice, we ate dinner by candle light. We did something similar last year and the kids had enjoyed it then. They liked it this time as well. Em made … Continue reading →

Puppy chow is something the kids really like. For those who don’t know, it’s Chex cereal covered in chocolate and peanut butter and coated in powdered sugar. Its one of the few mainstream snacks that isn’t too difficult to make … Continue reading →

The winter solstice approaches, and so day 19 had the kids completing an early craft for solstice. They cut the coffee filters they had painted into snowflake shapes. A couple were even saved for me for when I got home. … Continue reading →