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Only One Broken Bulb

Well I  must say that decorating the tree this year was a success. Only one broken bulb in the process This might be because our ratio of breakables and non-breakables has changed over the past few years. It was a bittersweet process. I love to decorate the tree and I love that the boys are… Continue reading Only One Broken Bulb

The Bookshelf

The Bookshelf #6 – The Dinosaurs’ Night Before Christmas

Tis the Season! The Christmas stories are flying off our bookshelf every night. One of our favorites of course is The Dinosaurs’ Night Before Christmas by Anne Muecke and Nathan Hale. Anything with dinosaurs. I must apologize that most of our books do include dinosaurs. I think one of my favorite things about this book is… Continue reading The Bookshelf #6 – The Dinosaurs’ Night Before Christmas

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Believing in Magic

For the past three years I have always looked forward to the day after Thanksgiving. Not for the “Black Friday” sales, but for our own Christmas traditions. I usually break out the Christmas decorations, watch National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, and re-introduce the boys to The Elf on The Shelf by Carol V. Aebersold and Chanda… Continue reading Believing in Magic