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Every year since the boys were born, I have struggled with maintaining a balance between the commercialism of an American Christmas and the real meaning of Christmas, the miracle of Christ’s birth. This year, at four and six, the boys were better able to understand and to participate in the Advent celebration, and the true…

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Gluten-Free Casein-Free Gingerbread Houses: A Success Story!

ByJennifer McQuillan

We’ve made gingerbread houses each year at Christmas-time for years.  It’s a highlight of the holiday season for the boys:  candy, sugary icing, gingerbread cookies… a likely favorite for any child, right?  Traditionally, we purchased a gingerbread kit, complete with precut cookies, tubes of royal icing, and an assortment of colorful candies.  These kits worked…

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Holiday Traditions: I want to be a…

ByJennifer McQuillan

Every year, with those words, I’m sent scrambling to pull together the costumes of my boys’ imaginations… and let me tell you, they don’t make it easy.  Over the years, with some help from my Mom, we’ve created Henry the Octopus (of Wiggles fame), Caillou and his cat Gilbert, Thomas the Tank Engine (and Percy),…

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Introducing our 2010 Patriotic T-shirt!

ByJennifer McQuillan

It turned out well, don’t you think… and it was by far the easiest of our patriotic t-shirts to make.  To make the Eagle-tee, you’ll need a t-shirt, washed in mild detergent and dried without fabric softener;  fabric paint in white, brown, yellow, black, and glitter fabric paint in red, white and blue – we…