Christmas
At the end of the high holiday
January 3, 2014
The time between Christmas Eve and New Year's is our family's high holiday of the year. A week long celebration of outdoor winter activity, games, and feasting with family and friends.
And may all your Christmases be white
December 26, 2013
In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan, earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone; snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow...
A Christmas Interlude
December 9, 2013
I've felt a little "Christmas writing bereft" on the blog so I thought a holiday update was in order.
Holiday Color
December 27, 2012
the doll Celine made this month for herself apple peels for the squirrels Brienne gets her gfit bags (the presents she's giving) set up most of our wrapped gifts look like this a Common Redpoll, a new visitor to or feeder Christmas morning french toast. We don't do presents on ...
Christmas in Brienne's iPad
December 27, 2012
Brienne has an iPad. It wasn't a Christmas gift or a birthday gift. (This is one reason that expensive gifts are not a part of our Christmas celebrations. We buy our kids what they need, and what we can afford, throughout the year. We don't wait till Christmas.) Brienne's iPad ...
My Take on Holiday Planning
November 12, 2012
When my children were wee little ones and even before they arrived on the scene, I started preparing for Christmas in September. I prepared a spreadsheet. I started gathering recipes. I made a budget. I researched handmade decorations. (We used magazines in those days. If pinterest had existed, I would ...
Christmas ~ Ski & Sky
December 27, 2011
Christmas is a three day celebration for our family. Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and Boxing Day. Unless of course we spend Christmas with both sides of our families, which extends quite a few days. But that doesn't happen too often considering the distance between us - many, many miles. This ...
