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We Wish You a Merry Christmas!
… And a Happy New Year!
Christmas in January?
We celebrated Christmas at our house today. Yes, on January 25. One month after our traditional Christmas celebration, a date that is total coincidence and in no way planned. You see, a couple of weeks before Christmas, the boys shopped the AWANA store night for gifts for one another. The good folks at our AWANA…
A Visit with Santa
This year, Connor asked Santa to bring 200 Webkinz, please! Santa told Connor he’d have to see if he could find a big enough box. Ryan requested Legos, cars, and Webkinz – he said he’d let Santa decide how many. And now two very wound-up, excited little boys are tucked in their beds, visions of…
The Big Man in Red
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…
Wordless Wednesday: We’ve Been Good This Year, Santa!
How can I argue with those smiles?
Wordless Wednesday: A Moment Between Brothers
It’s hard to believe just two hours earlier they were hitting each other with bike helmets, telling their friends to run away from each other, and locking each other out of the car! That’s brothers for you!