All Posts Tagged With: "Holidays"

Here are some fun St. Patrick’s Day coloring pages.
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March 8th marks a big day in history for women. I thought it would be fun to do some research on International Women’s day to help celebrate and honor women, as well as take the opportunity to teach our children the importance of women. Here’s a bunch of great information I found.
International Women’s […]

Tomorrow is the U.S’s National Reading Day! It’s a fantastic day to spend together as a family exploring the joys of reading! Grab the family, head to the library, and pick out some good books. Let’s see if we can set aside the TV, video games, and other distractions for a day […]

Here’s a fun coloring page for your Leap Year festivities! Click for it here.

This is a great Valentine treat that’s healthy. Your kids will have fun making them, and you’ll be okay with them eating as many as they want!
You need:

Watermelon slices
Orange slices
Bamboo kitchen skewers
Heart cookie cutter

Use a heart-shaped cookie cutter on watermelon slices. Poke a bamboo kitchen skewer through each heart, then complete the arrow […]

This year we chose to buy a live Christmas tree that was potted. We live in Arizona and thought it would be fun to have a palm tree for our Christmas tree. This weekend we plan to take it out in the back yard and plant it! Buying a potted tree is […]

In my early twenties I had the opportunity to live in Venezuela for 18 months. While there I was able to take part in some of their fun traditions for the holidays. A fun New Year’s day activity is to eat a handful of 12 grapes in the 12 minutes leading up to […]

Several years ago I had to attend a holiday function that I vehemently did not want to go to. I had a terrible attitude for the weeks leading up to the event and eventually made myself sick with anxiety. As the day approached I realized that I was acting silly and was reminding […]

Recipe Contributed by: Mindy Burns
Wassail is a favorite holiday treat at our home during the holidays. Enjoy our family recipe!
12 cups water
1 3/4 cups sugar
2 cinnamon sticks
1/2 T. whole cloves (can be ground cloves)
6 oz. orange juice (frozen concentrate)
1 1/2 lemons (squeeze juice)
23 oz. pineapple juice (usually sold in a can in the […]

Last night in my rush to get my holiday cards done, I had a shadow. Our 5 year old son wanted to help so bad. He sat and watched for a while and then asked,” Is there anything I can do?” In my rush, I told him I wasn’t sure. Then he piped […]