Thursday, December 17, 2009
Another one of our Christmas projects this year – scrumptious gingerbread men without the baking. All you need are felt sheets that you can buy from a craft store – they’re 4 for $1 in my area, embroidery thread and needle for sewing (yes,...
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
For our first art class this month, Mica and Rinoa each did a Christmas-themed eggshell mosaic. I’ve been planning on giving them this project for weeks now, so every time I cracked an egg in the kitchen, I would clean and save the shell. We had about a dozen...
Monday, December 14, 2009
This year, I thought I’d make the holiday celebrations more exciting for Mica and Rinoa by having them count down the days before Christmas and filling their December with holiday activities. I’ve never given much interest to Advent Calendars before but...
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
We woke up this morning to find that everything outside is covered in snowy white. I guess it’s officially winter. Time for holiday gift wrapping, peppermint mochas, and snowball fights. Mica and Rinoa couldn’t wait to play outside. We started the morning...