Slices of Life

I didn't have nearly as much time to read this month but the few books I did read I really enjoyed!   1. Ever After by Jude Deveraux - - After reading the first two books in the Nantucket Bride series last month, I just had to finish up the series with this book.  When Hallie discovers that her step sister was about to impersonate her for a job as a physical therapist on Nantucket (and take over a house that was left to Hallie by a relative living there), Hallie impulsively decides to fly to Nantucket to escape her life.  She meets James Taggart and knows there must be more to his injuries than an old skiing accident.  The more she gets to know James, the more she falls for him and she can't help but wonder if her heart is bound to be broken once again. 2.  Fairytale by Danielle Steel -- Camille has grown up in a real life fairytale.  Her doting parents have been happily married for ages and have worked hard to build a wonderful, thr...

My boys and I always look so forward to making a good month long celebration out of Christmas. Each year since we've began homeschooling we shorten up our schoolwork for December and focus on crafts, baking, and try to watch a fun Christmas movie each day until Christmas. This year I thought I'd share a list of the movies we'll be watching.  While we have quite a few family favorites, each year we throw in a few new ones to watch.   1.   ELF 2. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 3.  The Santa Clause (the boys will watch the whole series but I really only like the first one) 4.  Deck the Halls 5.  Christmas with the Cranks 6.  Miracle on 34th Street 7.  I'll Be Home for Christmas 8.  Home Alone (again; my boys will watch all 4 but I prefer the original) 9.  How the Grinch Stole Christmas 10.  Jingle All the Way 11. Arthur Christmas  12. ...

I promised my boys they could have the week off from school.  With Thanksgiving on Thursday and our annual tree decorating day on Friday it was going to be a short week anyway and I really wanted to focus on cleaning the house, making up some family favorite recipes, and just having fun together. Friday we had a brunch planned with our hiking group.  Each family brought a dish or two to share and we had a wonderful time visiting with one another.  The kids played games and went outside for a bit.  One of the girls we hike with made up a Dungeons and Dragon type role playing game all themed around Minecraft she brought it to play with and taught the other kids to play too.  They had a lot of fun.  We had some really yummy food to eat too and planned out some general ideas for what we wanted to do with the group for the next few months with the winter weather on it's way. Isn't this fruit turkey just darling?  These moms are so creative....