Hey everybody!
I pray you all are doing well, I’ve not been on the blog in a bit as I have scheduled quite a few posts already as we are trying to focus on the Advent Season here. As we prepare for Christmas we are also doing some preparations for St. Nicholas Day and for our annual Polar Express Party… so much fun!
Here are some posts that I put together last year about Getting Ready for the Holidays, maybe they can help you have a less stressful holiday season this year. I will update posts as I change things but they may give you a starting point.
You can also print out the Event Planning Guide or the Planning Notebook under the Printable Library Tab to help you get started with your plans!
Getting Ready for the Holidays Weeks 1 & 2
Getting Ready for the Holidays Week 3
Getting Ready for the Holidays Week 4
Getting Ready for the Holidays Week 5 – The Week Before Thanksgiving
Getting Ready for the Holidays Week 6 – The Week of Thanksgiving
Getting Ready for the Holidays Week 7 – The Week After Thanksgiving
Getting Ready for the Holidays Week 8 – 3 Weeks Before Christmas (St. Nicholas Day)
Getting Ready for the Holidays Week 9 – 2 Weeks Before Christmas (Polar Express)
Getting Ready for the Holidays Week 10 – Week Before Christmas
Getting Ready for the Holidays Week 11 – Week of Christmas
Getting Ready for the Holidays Week 12 – Week after Christmas (New Year’s Day)
You may also find a printable grocery list handy:
Wow! We are so blessed to have so many wonderful friends and family.
We had a ton of people show up for the baby shower to surround my daughter and son-in-law with love… it was AMAZING!!! I didn’t get as many pictures as I’d liked to have, some of them have been misplaced or accidentally deleted, and I won’t be sharing some that I did get because I didn’t get permission to post them from other people but we will share what we can and hope that it can inspire you. (We also got to go to an ultrasound the day before and see little miss who was very cute!)
Whoa! It feels like this year is flying by!
I’ve been working so hard on this new garden space and planning out some changes for our home and property that April just kinda snuck up on me. I was sitting down to do my monthly orders, and I saw that I had some Solar Eclipse viewing glasses in my Amazon cart… had to get them ordered so we could safely view the eclipse next week. Then I remembered that I had started to plan a little party for that day (April 8th) as well… the keyword is ‘started’… it didn’t get very far.
Continue reading “Making Memories: Solar Eclipse Party Ideas”
Thanksgiving is over but there’s no time to rest yet as the real preparations are beginning for the holidays! One of the biggest things we need to do is to take time to sit down and evaluate how our Thanksgiving was. What was everyone’s favorite part? Was there anything that didn’t work well? Do you need to set up a rotating schedule to have dinner at other family member’s homes? (Odd year here, Even year there, or every 3rd, 4th, year?) Would it be better to have a potluck-style meal where everyone brings something? Was there anything you would like to do differently? Start now for your planning for next year so you don’t forget these ‘little things’! We will also be getting all of our Fall decor ready to be put away next week so we can start pulling out the Christmas decor.
