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Yule-school vol. 2: Wrap-Ups & Throwbacks
The girls hosted their 9th annual Gingerbread House Decorating Party this week. Actually, we melded two separate events together, combining this fun tradition with their 4-H Christmas Party– to the delight of Handsome Husband and for the sake of our collective sanity in the midst of an exceptionally stressful week. The naked gingerbread (graham cracker) houses always remind…
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A Christmas (Baking) Miracle
Three ingredients, Friends. Just three ingredients, and eight minutes at 350′, and even the Scroogiest of Ebenezers can resemble a real-life Betty Crocker. I jest… kinda. You might recall I’m not a baker. Still, there’s nothing like the Yuletide season to muster a Christmas miracle. My Auntie recently passed along the simplest recipe in the history of ever…
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Gift Guide for Schmucks
Already done with your Christmas shopping? Boast not. No matter how early I start my shopping each year, I still have last minute gifts to purchase. This is what it looks like when I shop. Mail-Lady Ruth now knows our entire household by name and drops our packages at our door instead of in the mailbox bank several blocks away. Hmm, should…
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Weekly Wrap-Up & Thursday Throwbacks
For me, Thursdays will always feel like start of the weekend as they were the day that my much older sister and I headed to our Dad’s house each week growing up. So let’s all pretend it’s the weekend, mkay? Do y’all follow Weird, Unsocailized Homeschoolers? The author’s obviously being facetious with that title, but seeing how I appreciate witty…
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Yule-School vol. 1
This December we aren’t fighting it. We’re throwing in the towel and embracing the Yuletide merriment wholeheartedly. Instead of squeezing festivities in/around the margins of our regularly scheduled programming, and driving ourselves batty in the process, we’ll gearing our STUDIES around the HOLIDAY, all vice-versa like. (My favorite podcaster, Pam, gave me permission!) It’s like a month-long Christmas unit study… the opening act: Saint Nicholas Day…
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Early December Throwbacks
Have I mentioned I love Christmas? We actually don’t do much with Santa, but you get the idea. Buddy the Elf is my spirit animal. Yesterday I combed the kids’ hair, dressed them in clean, matching clothing, and drove to a field near our home in hopes of snapping a decent pic for this year’s warm holiday greetings– which Minted is graciously printing for…
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Thanksgiving Continued (What I’m REALLY Grateful For)
Last week I made it sound like I was grateful for homeschooling. I lied. Don’t get me wrong, I am grateful for the privilege of homeschooling my kids, and for the blessings we reap as a result of it– but come Turkey Day that wasn’t what I shared around my much older sister’s table. Unintentionally, we spent the holiday…
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A Christmas-y Bucket List (+Minted giveaway!)
With Thanksgiving squarely behind us, I can now officially proclaim (without being admonished) that it’s beginning to look a lot like Chriiiiiistmas… It’s the most wonderful (IMO) time of the year! I’ve drafted a rough bucket list for the upcoming holiday season; including, but not limited to the following: Host our 9th annual Gingerbread House decorating party. Obtain tree, trim. Hopefully we’ll…
