On Christmas Eve we...

Were excited to change the calendar to the number 1.

Set out milk and cookies.

Sprinkled food out for the reindeer's.

Set the Santa key on the outside of our door. 

And remembered what Christmas is really about.  The birth of our Lord.

Our Christmas "Story" 

is soon to follow. 

Is it weird that I like how our Christmas tree looks all blurry?

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Hoping my girls...

 ...Have a wonderful day at school and enjoy giving out there Valentines Cards :)

They had a blast making them!

Here's how you can make some.

Potato-Stamp Caterpillar

Materials 

• Potato
• Paring knife
• cookie cutter
• Acrylic paints 
• Paper plates
• 4- by 6-inch white index card
• Paper towels
• Markers

Instructions

1. Create the heart stamp (a parent's job): choose a nice big potato and cut it in half. Use the cookie cutter to push in the potato, then carve away the surrounding potato with a paring knife.
   
2. Spread a different color of paint on each paper plate
   
3. Have your kids print a chain of hearts to make the caterpillar on the index cards. Blot the potato on a paper towel before switching colors.
   
4. After the paint dries, use markers to add legs, a face, antennae, and a valentine message.

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