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A Jar full of Kindness

Posted on March 4, 2012 by anneabell

Electric Lady brought home a list of items to complete on each day of Lent from school. She goes to a Catholic school and some of them were very denomination focused so I redid them, keeping to the same point, … Continue reading →

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Snow Icecream

Posted on January 18, 2012 by anneabell

You know how parents often tell their kids “Don’t eat snow?” well… not me. I just tell them not to eat dirty snow, or snow people stepped in and definitly avoid yellow snow! However, if you find some nice, clean, … Continue reading →

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And Then There’s Christmas

Posted on January 4, 2012 by anneabell

If you look through my blog posts for the month of December, you’ll see lot’s of activities and fun to build the excitement of Christmas. I LOVE the weeks before the big day… but Christmas Eve and Day are what … Continue reading →

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12 Days of Christmas Books Revisited

Posted on December 29, 2011 by anneabell

The next few days are going to be filled with some Christmas catch up posts. I decided to take a break for the holidays as it has been pretty busy around here. Two birthdays and Christmas all in 2 weeks … Continue reading →

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12 Days of Christmas Books

Posted on December 7, 2011 by anneabell

We had a busy last week of November and first week of December (with 5 year olds moving in and out of our home) so I didn’t get an advent activity set up fast enough. I knew I wanted to … Continue reading →

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Yum, Yum Cupcakes

Posted on November 30, 2011 by anneabell

Hubbers always makes some cupcakes for us to decorate near the end of Novemeber. We usually use candy and Christmas colours to get us in the spirit of the holidays. Other times during the year, I direct the decorating. I … Continue reading →

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It’s a Tradition – Painting Christmas Socks

Posted on November 26, 2011 by anneabell

Every year, I venture out to walmart, buy some cheap Christmas Stockings and fabric paint and set my family to be being creative. This tradition happened by accident the first year Mr. Hockey and Elastoboy were with us  for Christmas. … Continue reading →

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Courageous Pumpkin Carving

Posted on October 21, 2011 by anneabell

Why do I call this Courageous Pumpkin Carving?     For the first year ever, all three of our middle kids were armed with a knife to carve their own pumpkin. I wasn’t too worried about Elastoboy as he’s got … Continue reading →

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Traditions

Posted on October 5, 2011 by anneabell

Seeing Kelle, from Enjoying the Small Things, write about fall, creating traditions and sweet childhood memories got me thinking about our own family traditions. Over the years we have created quite a few for our wild bunch. I am very … Continue reading →

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