Archive for December, 2011
Christmas Family Traditions: Spending a Peaceful Christmas Day Together All Day
Tuesday, December 27th, 2011In trying to decide how to make Christmas Day special for our little growing family of three (and a half), we decided that it would be great to just spend the day together. Not just all in the same house at the same time, but actually physically together. Typically, daddy works during the day, mommy [...]
Christmas Family Traditions: Decorating Gingerbread Houses
Sunday, December 25th, 2011With the lebkuchen baked, cut and assembled into a readily waiting village of houses, we were all set for the fun: decorating! A family Christmas Eve tradition with my family growing up was to go to 4pm Mass, then come right home for a quick dinner and then the highlight of the evening–gingerbread house decorating! [...]
Christmas Family Traditions: Making Lebkuchen
Saturday, December 24th, 2011‘Tis the season for love, laughter, family, and traditions. This year is a very special year for us in this regard. It is our first Christmas in our very own home, and one of our first Christmas seasons as parents. These two key factors led us to decide to stay home this year and begin [...]
Let the Wild Rumpus Start! Madeline’s 2nd Birthday Party
Saturday, December 17th, 2011One of the reasons I’ve been absent from this space for so long is that I’ve been crafting like a fiend. My mind has no limit to the number of interesting and cool or functional crafts I could do, and it seems that just as I pare down my crafting to-do list to just a [...]
Honor Where You Are
Wednesday, December 14th, 2011I’ve been mulling over all sorts of ideas for a “return to this space” blog post after my long absence, but tonight, I’m just going to jump back into it. I read a blog post by a fellow yogini that really rang true to me, with a message that I felt should be spread as [...]
