Paisley Patchwork

Today the big kids got to go to Grandma's for a long anticipated chance to make gingerbread houses.  My 18 month old got to stay home an...

Nothing says holidays like decorating cookies, Christmas especially.  We decorate cookies for most holidays, usually with extended family, b...

My four year old is obsessed with crafts.  All day long she begs for crafts to make and if I don't help her come up with things she take...

I saw Ali Edwards "December Daily" scrapbook project last year and thought it was a great idea, but decided I was way too busy to...

This year out of necessity I have had to take a good hard look at how to simplify our Christmas.  I still can't drive, which means our a...

I can't believe I haven't already posted about this book. Mortimer's Christmas Manger by Jane Chapman and Karma Wilson is a fa...

We added a new Christmas board book to our collection, by Richard Scary. It is called Christmas Mice . On the back of the book it says it w...

We try to add a few new Christmas books to our collection each year and Olive the Other Reindeer, by by Vivian Walsh and J.otto Seibold, is ...

If you have never read any of Mem Fox's books, you need too! She has been a favorite author of mine for a long time. I ordered this par...

Who's Coming to Our House , by Joseph Slate, is another great Christmas board book for really young children. It is the story of the an...

Christmas in the Manger, by Nola Buck and Felicia Bond, is my favorite Christmas board book for really small children. The illustrations ar...