Jewish Thanksgiving

I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!  We had a very busy, but very blessed holiday weekend. As I’m sure you’ve seen, Thanksgiving overlapped with the first day of Hanukkah this year.  Unless you’re Jewish, you probably don’t care.  And since my family is Lutheran, you wouldn’t think we would care. But growing up…

Elf on The Shelf returns!

Our Elf on the Shelf, Nick, has returned for the holiday season! Apparently though, the Thanksgiving people aren’t too happy he’s back before their big day tomorrow. They even enlisted the help of a few Star Wars dudes to keep him secure. UPDATE: I wasn’t home when the children woke up.  My husband sent me…

What I’m really thankful for this Thanksgiving

I do blame her for my obsession with Christmas in general.  Each year of my life, I got a Christmas ornament.  When I had children, I stopped getting them and my children got them instead.  She died right before Christmas, but had already bought my boys their Christmas ornaments for that year.  It’s because of…