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Sometime in October, I fizzled out and took a hiatus from Makoodle. We celebrated many things during my hiatus including: My baby’s 2nd birthday Halloween My 30th birthday Thanksgiving My 10th Anniversary Christmas New Years Those were the “main events”, but there was plenty of other things that kept us busy. We had a wonderful [...]
Christmas is a wonderful, wonderful time. I think we are in the “prime” years of Christmas and childhood. The kids are filled with anticipation the whole month and find joy in all aspects of Christmas festivities - family parties, seeing the lights, Christmas decorations, cookies for Santa, letters to Santa, elf on the shelf – the whole nine yards. Christmas [...]
Ever year I’m blown away with how quickly Christmas comes and goes. Christmas is a wonderful, magical time of year for me. I wish it could last longer. I intended on blogging throughout the Christmas season, but as life goes – I was busy! Part of the reason I was especially busy this year was [...]
I have seen this idea quite a bit, probably first at weddings. Floating candles are so classy and elegant. When added to cranberries, we’ve got ourselves some award-winning Christmas decor! Candles help beautify and set a calm mood. When the kids are down and it is finally wind-down time, I like to wrap up in [...]
Oh Christmas joy. I love Christmas. I love it. I love it. Did I say I love it? I love decorating the house. I love making the house smell good with scented candles. I love the twinkling lights from the tree. I love listening to Christmas music. I love snacking on tasty treats. Here is [...]
Last year I saw an idea on someones blog for a Christmas book advent calendar. They had 24 different Christmas books and wrapped them in cute wrapping paper. Each night before bed, they would unwrap a Christmas story and read it as a family. I loved the idea so I immediately went to Amazon.com and [...]
Last year I came across this adorable advent calendar from Twig and Thistle. We were already well into December and it was too late to make one. This year I’m bringing my ‘A’ game to Christmas and I knew I had to make one! I picked up a pack of Wilton 2″ favor tins months [...]
I love this time of year! Love, love, love it. If I had 3 wishes, one of them would be to put time in slow motion from now until Christmas every year. That way I could savor the holidays and all of there goodness. One of best (if not the best) parts of Christmas is [...]
