Black Friday’s purchases
“Watch for the Light” makes one of two Black Friday purchases for me. I was amazed by “Bread and Wine,” and am more than willing to attempt the sequel sight unseen.
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Christmas
Bigger gifts for kids
Sometimes at Christmas, you want to give something a little nicer. These gift ideas also span an age range from toddler to teen, and come with our recommendation and delight.
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Gifts for kids {$20 and under}
This year, I went digging in my own Amazon history for suggestions to share with you of great gifts for kids, for twenty dollars or less.
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Advent
The point of Christmas is that Christ entered. Here. He is the last person in the world to be upset with a mess, or rattled by the unforeseen. He is acquainted with grief.
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas from our family to yours! May your day and your season be blessed. Shari
On the first day of vacation
1. On the first day of vacation, My child said to me Mom, there’s cat poop all over the porch. 2. On the first day of vacation, My child said to me I thought it was just leaves and There’s cat poop all over the porch. 3. On the first day of vacation, My
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Our nativities
Confession: I was going to entitle this post “Our Favorite Nativities,” but realized just in time I’ve never met a nativity that wasn’t my favorite. One of my goals at Christmastime is to put Baby Jesus into my children’s hands in as many ways as I can. Over the years he has played hide-and-seek with
Advent activities 2017
Most years at Christmastime, I enjoy putting together an Advent calendar for my family. The calendar varies from year to year – sometimes I focus on quiet reflection and sometimes on lively activity; sometimes I hang the activities in a long paper chain, or make a poster with flaps that open. I try to create a
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What to buy our husbands
Confession: After I wrote about kids’ gifts, Claudia commented “Now what to buy our husbands…..?” Truly. So I made a flowchart to tackle that conundrum. Sorry I’m not more help. Click to view full size. To all of you, a merry Christmas Adam, which is what Kelly calls the day before Christmas Eve… And a Merry
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Call back later
Confession: When my phone rang at 5:44 Monday morning, I thought it was the alarm, and groggily I punched around on its face a few times until it finally stopped. That is how I sent a text template to Faith Builders Christian School (calling to inform parents of a two-hour delay), saying Sorry, I’m busy.