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  • A Big Year

    A Big Year

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    Mia
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    2014 was one of those years. Along with 2001, 2005, and 2007 (the years we were married, and birthed our two daughters, respectively), it will, to our family, forever remain sacred and set apart… The year we welcomed Little Man into our family. An eighteen month endeavor (and I thought carrying both our girls to 41 weeks was a…

  • Schoolin’

    Schoolin’

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    A good many of our homeschool lessons around here are formal, taught… but an even greater number are simply caught. Here is a bit of what the kids are learning, currently.

  • Christmas Traditions – Birthday Cake & Cards

    Christmas Traditions – Birthday Cake & Cards

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    True, Christmas is over; but I just had to share two more of our treasured traditions with you all to wrap things up. (<—See what I did there?) Unlike the jammies, ornaments, and gingerbread houses that dot my memory of Christmases Past, I didn’t grow up with either of these traditions.  Somewhere along the line I picked…

  • Happy Christmas

    Happy Christmas

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    Mia
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    Hail the Heaven born Prince of Peace Hail the Son of Righteousness Light and life to all He brings Risen with healing in His wings… Happy birthday, Jesus! And a very Merry Christmas to all of our friends. As promised, our 2014 Christmas Jammies:

  • Just in Time for Christmas

    Just in Time for Christmas

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    Mia
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    This morning I woke and made the kids a stinky, hot breakfast. The sink is still full of dirty dishes. The counters are covered in clutter, the floor littered with toys, books and blankies, and our beds are unmade. And I don’t care. Can you guess why? If you’ve been following along, you’ll recognize this as…

  • Christmas Traditions – Keepsake Ornaments

    Christmas Traditions – Keepsake Ornaments

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    Mia
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    What is it about a good tradition, anyway? The ceremony of it all, the nostalgia? Whatever it is, I’m sure enjoying sharing some of my family’s favorite Christmastime traditions with y’all… from gingerbread houses to pajamas, there are endless ways to make the season bright. Here’s another: I mentioned it briefly in another post, but I’ve probably…

  • Christmas Traditions – Jammies

    Christmas Traditions – Jammies

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    Mia
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    Thanks to my stepmother, our family has been doing Christmas Jammies since before it was cool. Beginning in the 1980’s, my sister and I would open a single, pre-selected wrapped gift from under the tree, just before bedtime each Christmas Eve. Wouldn’t you know, it was always new jammies? Perhaps telling of my notorious gullibility, each year I was genuinely surprised. My sister has continued the tradition with her…

  • Life Lately

    Life Lately

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    Mia
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    Forgive the barrage of snapshots, but we’ve got grandparents with real photographic needs to appease. And since I still have yet to complete our 9 1/2 year old’s baby book, this blog is, by default, our virtual time capsule/family album. You’re welcome kids! Got the fixin’s all ready for the kiddos to host their seventh annual gingerbread house decorating party…

  • Christmas Traditions – Gingerbread Houses

    Christmas Traditions – Gingerbread Houses

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    Mia
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    Christmastime makes me especially nostalgic… This weekend our girls- and Little Man- will host their 7th annual Gingerbread House decorating party. It’s such a fun Christmas tradition. Husband and I pre-assemble the graham-cracker abodes, so there’s less engineering and more decorating munching for the kidlets in attendance. I always think they resemble tiny little communist villages, with their stark uniformity,…