It’s no secret that I am a book lover. I love books. I love that my children love books, too! Over the years I’ve been working on developing and expanding our home library. So as Easter approaches, I have these two stories for Easter on their way to my house …
I know people say this kind of thing all.the.time but truly — I cannot believe we’re a week into March already. The year is just FLYING by! It occurred to me that Saint Patrick’s Day is just around the corner and I’ve also been thinking a lot lately about how …
One day! Tomorrow is Christmas Eve and I’m nailing down the last details for our family celebration – what about you? I’m taking a quick break from my to do list to wrap up my mini-series — arguing my response to four common arguments I hear for doing Santa, and …
Halfway through my little mini-series here and I’m hoping that I’m not pushing all of my friends away. I don’t want to come across as though I think everyone else should do things the way I do them. As I said in the beginning, my only goal here is writing …
Yesterday I started a short series examining the arguments I frequently hear when I tell someone that we don’t do Santa, beginning with the biggest one, “Because it’s FUN.” Today I’m continuing with the second biggest reason I’m given: Reason #2: Santa Claus is based on Saint Nicholas. Ever. So. …
5 DAYS. 5 days to Christmas Day and counting. The closer we get to Christmas Day the more we hear about Santa, Santa, Santa. This will be our 3rd Christmas without any remainder of Santa in our holiday celebration. And we’re still okay with that, by the way. But you …