The year is just FLYING by! St. Patrick’s Day is just around the corner and I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how I used to be so much more “on the ball’ when it came to holidays and birthdays and such. Something about having more kids and homeschooling them has sucked that out of me. Do you know, I didn’t really know the story behind St. Patrick’s Day until …
holidays
ABC’s of Homeschooling ~ Holidays & Imagination
Yes, I have holidays on the brain! (Who doesn’t??) It seems like Thanksgiving was only a couple of days ago and Christmas is only a few days away! Check out our Thankful Tree on our school bulletin board. Over the next couple of days we’ll be re-doing it for Christmas and Advent. We’re a week into Advent now, (a month long intentional celebration of the coming of Christ, first as …
Advent-ure 2010
It’s the MOST. WONDERFUL. TIME. Of the whole entire year. I know that’s a bit cliche, but it’s true. Advent, the whole entire month of December, IS a wonderful time. Partially because everyone is excited over the cooler weather, the promise (or delivery) of snow and the holidays. Mostly because this is the time of year to celebrate THE PURPOSE. The reason for everything. God sent His son to fulfill …