Inspired by the inspiring work of Elizabeth Foss over at the 4 Real Forum we have been doing some special Advent activities and reading. Elizabeth has some wonderful plans for Tomie de Paolo’a books about Christmas. She also has a plan for Jan Brett’s Gingerbread Baby. We are using these plans as well as reading: […]

Why is the Bonny Blue House pink? I was making an effort to decorate for Advent and was using my minimal HTML skills to change some colors. Anyway, it’s a long story and I don’t come off too well in it. I ended up having to switch to a template provided by the blog host […]

One of the wonderful things about having the children home all day id that we can do so much more for the different Liturgical Seasons. The last week or so I have been teaching them about Liturgical Seasons in the church. Now we can incorporate Advent right into our whole school day and live the […]

Things I LOVE about the day after Thanksgiving….. Not going out to shop. I honestly can not figure out why people subject themselves to this. I was barraged this morning with no less than twenty-five emails from different catalog companies and stores announcing their free shipping offers and sale prices. Why go out? It’s cold, […]

Things for which I am grateful… An eight year old who wants to learn to cook… A ten year old who makes beautiful music all day… A six year old who is filled with joy… A three year old who knows all and tells it… A two year old who adores mommy… A husband who […]