Yesterday I told you about part one of our Christmas. Today I bring you part two! Amara must have asked me at least three times if the Snow had arrived yet. I reassured her it had arrived, been wrapped and was under the Christmas tree for her and Fred to open the day after Christmas. Read the Rest
We had a two part Christmas again this year and so Christmas was twice as fun! Let me tell you about Christmas Eve first. We always spend Christmas Eve with the Kids. Amara is lucky to have all of her grandparents close by but on holidays, it is a lot of work for Mommy & Read the Rest
This is a special memory from my own childhood. My second trip back to Michigan from California was in the December of 1970. It was my first Christmas with my new family. I wish I could find where I have put all of the pictures from that trip but all of it is forever captured Read the Rest
Kids! You never know when they are going to outgrow something. Recently Amara’s Mommy mentioned that Amara was starting to outgrow her American Girl Dolls. Although she did dress them in costumes for Halloween, she plays with them less and less. She surprised us all when she brought Lilly to spend the night 2 weekends Read the Rest
This is a special memory from my own childhood. There are certain Christmas presents that I will always remember. I have often told Amara about the perfume set that I got when I was a little girl. Amara loves to take bubble baths and play chemist while she is in the tub. She mixes different Read the Rest
Amara and I had fun getting ready for Christmas. We did fun things together like wrapping presents, decorating the Christmas tree, making green and red pre-Christmas pancakes and decorating a gingerbread house to use as a centerpiece for the Christmas dinners. Most of this was done while listening to My Little Pony music but it Read the Rest