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Mary Lee and New Year’s at Grandma’s

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This is my fourth Mary Lee Tale. The first was Over Near the Tree Sits a Memory and the second was Starting School and Apple Turnovers with Mary Lee, and the third was Mary Lee Remembers a Xanthous Haired Boy. If you like this story, I hope you will give the other three a read.It had been a long semester of college. Mary Lee was so glad to be away Continue Reading

Pausing Life for a Moment- Praying for Christmas Card Senders

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Pause Life for a Moment

I really look forward to getting Christmas cards every year. Some come from people I haven't heard from all year. The photo cards display how much friends' and family's children have grown, the vacations they have taken, and their wonderful homes. Other cards contain updates on what they have been doing or changes in their lives. These wonderful Continue Reading

Muffin Tin Monday- Layered Christmas Tree

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Layered Christmas Tree Food Creation

Merry Christmas! I hope you and yours had a wonderful day yesterday! I have been seeing all kinds of Christmas crafts with strips of paper and other craft materials. I decided to try to make one with food that we had at home rather than buy special foods. Next year I may try other foods that look more like strips. This one is okay, but it isn't Continue Reading

Mary vs. Martha Christmas

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JDaniel in front of a Christmas tree.

  Do you remember Mary and Martha in the Bible? Martha was the one that toiled away trying to be a wonderful hostess for Jesus during his visit to her family's home. Mary was the one who sat at Jesus' feet and listened to what he had to say. Martha was the one who was frustrated and angry at her sister. Mary was the one that had peace and was the Continue Reading

Read.Explore.Learn.- Singing and Reading to Tiger Tales Books

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Welcome to Read.Explore.Learn.! This meme was designed to be a place for you to share the learning opportunities, crafts, field trips, and other activities you have done this week that tie into children’s books. I look forward to seeing the ways you have learned with and explored books. Steps: Link your activity below. Please Continue Reading

Is it Santa’s birthday too?

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Christmas Activities- Christmas Treasure Tree

Is it Santa's birthday too?(A pause was taken and he added.)If Christmas isn't Santa's birthday, why do we celebrate him?JDaniel age 3 1/2We had just stopped by a local hot dog restaurant to pick up lunch on Friday to take to my mom's. (JDaniel and I always spend some time with my mom on Fridays and sometimes we surprise her with lunch.) The car Continue Reading

Muffin Tin Monday- Away in the Manger

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Manger Snack for Kids

I had it in my head that this week's Muffin Tin Meal needed to be a manger scene. It was hard to wrap my brain around how to make it happen. Some weeks it is really easy to put together lunch. Putting the Manger Meal Together What I couldn't figure out was who needed to be in the stable. Did I need to have Mary and Joseph or the animals? I Continue Reading

Giving Others Christmas: Week 3

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Welcome to week three of Giving Others Christmas! When I was little, there was a lot of joy when Sears Wishbook would arrive at our house. My sisters and I had to take turns looking through the toy section. It filled many hours of our time. Every toy we could possibly think of was in it. I think we were patient while the other two Continue Reading

Read.Explore.Learn.-Special Christmas Trees

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Welcome to Read.Explore.Learn.! This meme was designed to be a place for you to share the learning opportunities, crafts, field trips, and other activities you have done this week that tie-in to children’s books. I look forward to seeing ways you have learned with and explored books. Steps: Link your activity below. Please Continue Reading

Finding the Topper for Your Tree

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This is the first year we have done a full-size tree for Christmas. In previous years we have done small tabletop trees that JDaniel couldn't topple. I wrote about last year's tree in a post called Maybe This Tree Will Grow Next Year. JDaniel was super excited about selecting a tree. We visited several stores to find just the right one. He lobbied Continue Reading

Adventures-In-Mommy-Land- and a Christmas Craft: An Egg Carton Tree

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I saw the tree below in a Christmas craft book and knew we had to make it. Once I had gathered all the materials, creating it was sort of an adventure. JDaniel wanted to play with the decorative elements and I wanted to decorate the tree. Actually, he wanted to pretend to bake a cake and decorate it with decorative elements. He really enjoyed Continue Reading

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