As soon as we arrived at Grandpa and Grandma's for Thanksgiving this week, they started asking for Christmas lists.  We had circled some items in catalogs and made note of a few items, but we had yet to compile lists.  While Grandma was busy ruining to the grocery store to grab last minute items for the Thanksgiving meal, we got started on Christmas lists.   We have a child that falls into this 8-10 group (or tween).  I envisioned him having a shorter list this year, ... continue reading...

I love doing the holiday party games for the kids' classes.  One of my favorite Christmas games is Unwrap the Gift Relay Race. This year I have two in school, so for Christmas, I signed up to do games for my kindergartner and treats for the my 3rd grader.  Turns out the kindergarten teacher has a fun activity planned and I will not be able to do games.     When my kindergartner had a his birthday last week, I asked if I could play a game before they had their ... continue reading...

The kids are getting excited and ready to start counting down the days until Santa comes.  We attended the annual Santa parade last weekend and the kids saw Santa from a distance.  They are anxious to see him in person and rattle off their Christmas lists. In the meantime, we made a Santa Hat Kid Craft using styrofoam cups.   We made a few different styrofoam cup kid crafts for Thanksgiving: Styrofoam Pilgrim Hat, Styrofoam Turkey & Indian Hat, and Styrofoam ... continue reading...