Gum drops and peppermints, M&Ms and skittles plus piping bags dripping with icing. These are just a few of much needed ingredients for a gingerbread house making party. Prepare for candy overload and gooey fingers plus loads of fun watching your kiddos assemble, decorate and sample their way towards creating this Christmas classic. Party Decorations…
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Travel Christmas Tree
A good deal led to a good idea. While browsing a favorite craft store I came upon a super slim, 7-foot, pre-lit Christmas tree on sale for $40. Boom, a travel Christmas tree was born. Once purchased, I was on a mission to scour a dozen stores and all corners of the Internet for the…
Chicago Christmas
Chicago is second to no city, especially at Christmas time. Our family recently spent two nights in the Windy City, doing all things Christmas. It was a jam-packed couple of days filled with twinkling lights, warm beverages and frosty activities and experiences we won’t soon forget. Here’s how we spent our time: Chicago is about…
North Pole Express
Visions of the North Pole are vivid in their minds and the possibility of a train picking them up in their pajamas for a ride to the North Pole is very real. The bell rings for our boys as the magic of Christmas is very much alive for them. So a ride on the North…
Christmas Bucket
We get a little Christmas crazy at our house. A few years ago, I came across the idea of doing an activity each day in December leading up to Christmas. The Christmas Bucket is sort of a Christmas bucket list slash advent calendar slash twelve days of Christmas all wrapped into one. I wrap small…
North Pole Breakfast
Each year we welcome our Elf on the Shelf, Elroy, at our home’s Annual North Pole Breakfast. The day before we go on a hunt for the perfect Christmas tree and decorate it. The boys have come to expect that in the morning Elroy will arrive. He will be sitting in the newly decorated tree…
Grinch Party
December 2017 Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas movie is a favorite at our house. This holiday season we decided to take in a theater production of the Christmas classic. The show was put on by the Minneapolis Children’s Theater, a nice introduction to live performances for our young boys. If you’re me, a…