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 …
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 …
Gobble Game Plan Day 5 It is time to talk about dessert. My favorite! I mean, who doesn’t love something sweet? In school they taught us to remember that dessert has the extra ‘s’ vs desert which stands for the extra piece of cake you want. My grandfather’s strategy at holidays was to ask for …
Gobble Game Plan Day 4 Thanksgiving is an important holiday. We can add yet one more thing to Abraham Lincoln’s list of great services he did this country in that he proclaimed that a national day of Thanksgiving be held each November. Gathering with family and friends to enjoy one of the best meals of …
Gobble Game Plan Day 3 Today is dedicated to the essentials, except for Turkey. We will talk turkey tomorrow. These are the items that make the Thanksgiving meal. I know the turkey is the main menu item, but you can go to a deli any given Tuesday and get some turkey. These are the items, …
Gobble Game Plan Day 2 Today, I want to focus on some good Thanksgiving side dishes, not the essentials which we will cover tomorrow. These are the lesser, but still beloved sides. Recipes that will never steal the show, but they do help round everything out. These dishes are simple and should be in my …