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I love filling stockings with a combination of fun, practical, and edible things. I just finished buying stocking stuffers today, and if you’re still looking for some last minute ideas, here’s what I got for Charlie and Olive! Fortune Cookie Bracelets – This 4 pack of bracelets that come in fortune cookie shaped containers were too […]

Do you do advent calendars with your kids? Advent calendars are a fun little surprise every morning leading up to Christmas day that my kids really love. We typically do the Christmas book advent, but we’re visiting family for the holidays this year so I had to come up with something different. My kids are getting older, […]

“the average child in England stops believing in Santa just around age 8 while Scottish rugrats hold on until they’re just over 8 and a half. (Boyle doesn’t break out the American average, but a small survey conducted 40 years ago found that 75 percent of 8 year olds in the U.S. no longer believed, so take […]

I really like the holiday season. I have always been that person who starts listening to Christmas music starting on December 1st, and we usually have our decorations up before the month begins. There is so much that I love about this time of year – spending time together as a family, embracing old traditions, […]

I haven’t been in the US to take advantage of Cyber Monday deals in over 4 years, so I’ve been purchasing Christmas gifts online since we will be here for Christmas! There is just so much variety here that it’s really hard to decide! Rock tumbling kit – This has been on my wishlist for a […]

I am all about keeping the Christmas magic alive in our house. I like to decorate, I love that sneaky little elf on the shelf, and we read Shristmas books every night in December. We have an elaborate countdown which involves two chocolate advent calendars, a gingerbread man who changes his sleeping spot for 24 […]

We’ve had guests nonstop from November 1st until just today, so it’s been insanely busy around these parts! And then three days ago I woke up with really painful and swollen ankles, knees, wrists, and fingers. At first I thought I just slept wrong, but it still hasn’t gone away so now I’m looking for […]