On Christmas Eve this year we served a spread of food, desserts and drinks. We usually leave the Keurig on with a bowl of KCups and if we remember, we’ll stick some hot chocolate packets on the counter as well. This year, I decided that we just HAD to set up a HOT COCOA BAR. … Read more
How on Earth are we already at the end of another holiday season? The month of December absolutely flew by this year, despite my desperate attempts to slow it down. Our Elf on the Shelf journey ended, as it always does, on Christmas Eve. That morning, Lily located Oboe sitting in her brother’s crib. As … Read more
I had high hopes of posting this one yesterday for Throwback Thursday. But as is all too often the case, the day got way ahead of me and the post never happened. Until now. So here is my Throwback Thursday post, on Friday. The year was 1984. Big hair, larger-than-life video cameras and He-Man were … Read more
It’s hard to believe, but Elf 2013 is drawing to a close! Tomorrow night Oboe will catch a ride with Old St. Nick back to the North Pole where he will stay until next year. This week has been a fun one with our elf. First he was up for some ziplining fun, scaling the … Read more
Over the years, I have seen various examples of magical Christmas-y gardens, many of them involving the Elf tradition. A majority feature planting candy which “grows’ into something else by morning. The other night, I finally pulled myself together enough to set the stage for our own magical garden. I made the poem (that’s a … Read more