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Christmas 2017, part 3 | The Fun

January 11, 2018 milabassett Leave a Comment

This post is about what we did for fun during Christmas 2017. You can read about what we cooked and baked here, and how we decorated the house here. I am personally counting decorating and cooking/eating as fun, but I wanted to talk specifically about the "activities" that … [Read more...]

Baking, Kids parties and celebrations, Life Christmas activities, home made gingerbread cottages, snowman craft

English tea birthday party.

September 12, 2017 milabassett Leave a Comment

English tea birthday party

We celebrated Sonia's 11th birthday with an English tea birthday party and it was a lot of fun. We try to make each birthday party special although sometimes we end up going the "easy" route and just celebrate at a party place, Chuck E Cheese style. I always leave those places … [Read more...]

Entertaining, Kids parties and celebrations birthday party, English tea party

New Easter traditions

April 25, 2014 milabassett 2 Comments

naturally dyed eggs

I realize I am a week late writing about Easter, but that's how my timing works. The past week was packed with kids activities and catching up on chores and errands-- our normal rhythm these days. The daily life pressures and rewards augmented what truly is important: I just … [Read more...]

Kids parties and celebrations, Parenting Easter, Easter treasure hunt, family traditions, naturally dyed eggs

Sugar cookies for Valentine’s Day.

February 14, 2014 milabassett Leave a Comment

Yesterday we baked sugar cookies for the kids to take to school instead of customary Valentines. We have our favorite sugar cookie recipe but decided to try something new this year. We chose a recipe featured here. We skipped the frosting to make packaging and transporting them … [Read more...]

Kids parties and celebrations, Parenting, Recipes baking with kids, sugar cookies, Valentine's Day

Valentine’s Day for kids.

February 12, 2014 milabassett Leave a Comment

The Valentine's Day preparations are in full swing in my kids' school. They will be having a party and a Valentine cards exchange-- the same protocol as in the past years. They pretty much know the drill by now: buy (or make) Valentines, sign one for each child in their class, … [Read more...]

Kids parties and celebrations, Parenting relationships, traditions, Valentine cards, Valentine's Day, Valentine's for kids

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