I am not much of a resolution kind of person, but I do love a good list of goals. Here’s my things to keep on working on for the new year… Laugh more. Smile more. Make lots of green smoothies. Read aloud every day. Hug my sweeties (big and little). Say yes to scary (good)…
Month: December 2010
Is It Spring Yet?
I’m not sure why winter is getting to me so much this year. Maybe because we’ve had SO MUCH SNOW or maybe it’s just an odd year. It’s been bitterly cold here — too cold to even venture out most days– so today I seized the tropical temperatures of 30 degrees and hauled the kids…
Our Ornament Update
We’ve received more ornaments from families since I last reported. Our tree is now filled with so much new sentimentality, whimsy and so many stories, thanks to you all! With every package that arrived, we all gathered and opened the ornaments together and read the stories or notes inside. One family even sent a bird…
10 Ways to Make Today Magical (New Year’s Edition)
One of the fabulous things about having yapped at you all for so many years is that I have lots of old ramblings to snatch when I have my hands full. Below is an example, written in the Magical Childhood newsletter seven years ago (!) that I am swiping now to go cuddle a small…
Merry Christmas!
And a Happy Thursday and Friday! 😉 We started our family holidays on Tuesday and have been having a magical week. We celebrate over a few days here in order to spend time with extended family and still have our own time together. We have our family celebration, supper and presents on the winter solstice,…
10 Ways to Make Today Magical
Happy Monday! Thank you to Sara and Yvonne, who sent us ornaments for our tree — one homemade link from a family paper chain and one twisted glass. We were all thrilled to get them and absolutely treasure them. They will do a wonderful job of making up for those we lost and they have…
Soapy Fun!
Magical Mama April recommended this post from the ever-fabulous Mind Games blog this morning. How many ways can you possibly find to have fun with bars of soap???? 🙂 I see some clean messes in our future…
A Little Picture and Poem by Victoria
Presents have boxes Presents have bows You won’t get a present If you bite my toes Happy Thursday!
Snow Day!
We got a wee bit of snow around these parts recently. I used the opportunity to have a bit of snow fun at the dining room table. I had my faithful assistant, Victoria, go get bowls full of fresh snow and fill an under-the-bed storage container with it. Then I put it on the table…
10 Ways to Make Today Magical
Happy Monday! I had so much fun reading your comments from my silliness assignment the other day that I’ve swiped 10 of them for today’s list of ways to make the day magical. There are lots more than these 10 (I love the sheet cake story!), so be sure to check the original post to…