We celebrated today the feast of St. Nicholas, who is my Nicolas' patron saint. Some years I have baked special homemade buns, this year with had donuts(not very ethnic but all I had time for). The kids woke up to find mugs filled with chocolate coins and other St. Nicholas related candy by their places at the table. We read the story The Miracle of St. Nicholas by Gloria Whelan and, I got a lot of teasing from the children because reading the story I cried AGAIN.
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
The Season for Purple
or how to solve a difference of opinion. Mark always complains of Christmas starting too early and Advent getting the short end of the deal. True to his beliefs, he always has refused to get a Christmas tree until the third Sunday in Advent (Gaudete Sunday). Until this year. Torn between his opinion (which I share), and the kids, who want to have the Christmas tree up when everybody else has theirs, I came up with a compromise: An Advent Tree. I found some purple lights ( I promise they are purple, however pink they might look in this picture)
some purple ornaments
And made it into an Advent tree!
Gabi added some more touches of purple throughout the house
And now we can be festive without forgetting that the waiting is not over, and the time to celebrate is not here yet.
some purple ornaments
And made it into an Advent tree!
Gabi added some more touches of purple throughout the house
And now we can be festive without forgetting that the waiting is not over, and the time to celebrate is not here yet.
Monday, December 3, 2007
Obviously, I am NOT Going to Make It
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