One thing I look forward to doing after Christmas is hitting the sales. However, I usually do not visit any stores (aside from the grocery if I need something) on the 26th. It’s just too crazy for me to want to go. I guess Alaskans love their bargains as when I started doing errands this [Read On]

Monday is here and the post holiday let down is settling in for us. You know what I mean….the feeling like all there is nothing to look forward to doing or receiving. Our family was incredibly blessed this Christmas. “Santa” brought the family some new movies and accessories for the Wii (new remote and nunchuk [Read On]

Today I thought I’d share from what’s in our DVD collection for family Christmas shows. I already shared about the Grinch. But, we’ve also got the Original Christmas Classics Collection that features Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman and Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town with the ‘bonus’ add ons of The Little [Read On]

Continuing the cookie theme… The other cookies we made for the Cub Scout cookie exchange were pizzelles. We were given a pizzelle maker a few years ago for Christmas, but it sat in the box for a while. P made some with Zia Felicia when we were in Louisiana this fall and started bugging begging [Read On]

I was a bad blogging meme mama yesterday and didn’t get a chance to post for Day 15!  Oh, well, time to just jump in with that post for today. Today I’m sharing about gingerbread cookies.  More specifically about how Webelos decorate them! R’s Webelos den spent a meeting putting together goodie bags for an [Read On]

I knew this meme would be challenging. So many things going on this month and I don’t always feel especially creative. Today I’m going to share about holiday parties. Specifically, one that the boys attended this past weekend for Mr. O’s workplace. Mr. O didn’t come with us as it wasn’t his idea of fun.  [Read On]

I’ve been informed by the boys that Christmas is now 2 weeks away. To me, that seems like tomorrow. To them, it seems like an eternity. This is the time when I start to panic about holiday cards and the family letter.  Neither is done yet.  I planned to order nice photo cards from Shutterfly, [Read On]

With a few days full of activity, I’m actually going to share a bit more from the Merry Merchant Munch. One of the banks in town hosted a Gingerbread House contest with the entries displayed during the ‘munch.’ I can still remember winning a completely decorated gingerbread house scene as a young girl, which was [Read On]

As was mentioned on Saturday, this past weekend we participated in a new to us holiday event. In Eagle River, there is an annual open house kind of event called Merry Merchant Munch. Can you guess what it entails?? If you guessed it meant visiting different merchants in town where there were oodles of goodies [Read On]

Day 5 of the Holiday Bliss meme and a favorite day of the week for me….Sunday! We attended Mass this morning where the second candle on the Advent wreath was lit. We had dimmed lights to echo the time of darkness before the Light arrived. The reading of John the Baptist crying out from the desert [Read On]

Yesterday afternoon, I had P bring up our bundle of holiday music and DVDs.  It had been occupying space on a bookshelf downstairs, which I’m now going to reclaim with some books I’ve got boxed up right now.  (I wonder if I’ll ever have enough bookshelves so long as we’re homeschooling!) Anyways….upon our return from [Read On]

With a lot on my mind (like paying bills and actually doing school with the boys), I decided to ‘cheat’ and share a post from the past. Baking is great for this time of year.  We’ll be doing a bunch in the next few weeks with a few cookie exchange opportunities this month. Odds are [Read On]

I can hardly believe that December has arrived! While the boys might be eagerly anticipating Christmas with visions of gifts in their heads, I am not feeling ready in the least. After the wonderful success of the 2010 Gratitude Challenge last month, Brenda at Garden of Learning is hosting the Holiday Bliss 2010 Meme now.  [Read On]