Our neighborhood (which also happens to be the neighborhood I grew up in) has some fun Holiday events for the family. Some of the residents along one of the walking paths decorate their back yards with extravagant Christmas lights complete with music. People come from all over town to walk the path and view the…
I’m not crafty in the least bit but I occasionally get fun decorating ideas and sometimes they work out. (Sometimes they don’t!) Well I had the brilliant idea to make a wreath using Christmas ornaments. We’ve always had very colorful Christmas decorations and I wanted to highlight that with a big wreath hanging above our…
On Saturday I thought it would be a good idea to do some baking and cooking and family time and Christmas preparation. I may have been a little over-enthusiastic. I’ve never been much of a baker but the holidays bring out my baking side and sometimes things turn out pretty good. I managed to make…
Friday night we took the boys to the Duke Energy Center for Performing Arts to see a special production of Frosty the Snowman, A New Musical. Storybook Theater offers one-hour performances that are perfect for young audiences and helps introduce children to theater with live performances of popular children’s tales like Frosty. We got to…
I love giving educational gifts, especially if they are learning in disguise. Carson-Dellosa Publishing offers hundreds of educational and teacher supplies that make learning fun for kids. This holiday season, check out some of their new products: Meet the Giant, a new line of reading and activity books for PreK and Kindergarten about a charming…
Give me jewelry for Christmas and my heart is your. Luckily, Joe is the only one that typically gives me jewelry and he already has my heart so I think we’re safe. But, most women would love to receive sparkling jewelry on Christmas morning. Sparkly diamonds would be ideal. Helzberg Diamonds has a wonderful series…
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