Christmas is upon us and I do not know about you, but it it has all come so fast! I just want to slow down and have an extended stay in my own version of the North Pole. Holiday music, baking, Christmas movies and the anticipation of beautifully wrapped packages being opened by excited little …
It’s that time. The holiday menu. So much to cover! Holiday traditions plus the menu for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Christmas cookies and fun things for the kids. We, like all of you, have our favorites and I am sharing some recipes that we have enjoyed over the years and have become our ‘must …
There is a good chance that many of you are experiencing snow right about now. Depending on where you live, it may not even be your first snow of the season. It snowed here in Mississippi for about an hour one morning this week but that certainly wasn’t enough to cover my yard and trees …
When my sister and I were little, we would go spend a week in Meridian, Mississippi with my grandparents during the summer. During one of those visits, my grandmother taught me my first bit of Latin. She was a Latin teacher and loved the language. I came to love it too. As I grew up, …
He’s mean, he’s vile, but he does it in style. You cannot deny that. It’s Grinch day! We love the Grinch at our house so of course we dedicate an entire day during our 12 Days of Christmas to this villain we all love to hate…and then we love him again. He tries so hard …
I know many of you moms (and dads too) think that the part you play in operation Christmas at your house is in fact, Santa Claus. Why wouldn’t you? At some point, you reveal that the toys did not actually magically appear but were put there by you. You ate the cookies. You drank the …
I hope you are enjoying this holiday season as much as I am. One of the things I love about doing the 12 Days of Christmas with my kids is I feel like am definitely making the most of our time together. When I put some time and effort into planning some fun things for …
Okay. Who doesn’t like reindeer? These large animals are in the deer family along with several others but reindeer are my favorite. Regular deer are in ample supply where I live and I have nothing against them. I enjoy watching groups of them wander through the back yard, until my little boy scares them off …
During our 12 days of Christmas festivities, we always try to work in some of our favorite movies as well as dedicate each day to a holiday theme. Today is all about snowmen. Living in Mississippi, unfortunately we do not get a lot of snow, especially prior to Christmas. If we have snow, it usually …
It seems there is always a big push to get all the holiday decorating done by the time the Thanksgiving meal has been cleared from the table. I feel like it gets earlier and earlier each year. Last year, we went to pick out a tree the weekend after Thanksgiving and the lot where we …