Category: Family Life

My boys were really excited when they learned our Advent activity today was to make CANDY!!! 🙂 It’s a dangerous thing for me to have sweets in the house because I have the ultimate sweet tooth. I really do. So I usually do not have it in the house to be tempted by. But once a year,…

Did you know that the tradition of sending Christmas cards started in the UK around the year 1840? It soon made it’s way to the US but most people could not afford them then. It is a popular tradition today and many people enjoy sending pictures of their family, Christmas letters, and even things digitally!  Our…

Today marks the second week of Advent already! So we lit our second candle. I love having the candles lit at dinner. The boys really enjoy it too and it has turned into a bit of a science experiment with our oldest as he has been so curious about the candles burning down and getting…

Today was the day to decorate our Christmas tree! I know we should wait until Advent is done, but we wanted to enjoy it now and we will try to keep it up until the beginning of January. It always makes me sad to see trees waiting for the garbage truck a day after Christmas.…

My kids were more excited to see what St. Nick brought them this morning then they were about our Advent activity. Do you celebrate St. Nick at your house? It’s something I grew up with and apparently only certain areas of the country celebrate because of the people that settled in those areas from Europe.…