After six years of blogging, I am writing my final post here on ArtsyMama. It is with deep gratefulness in my heart I am finishing this c...

The kids woke up to an extra special treat this morning. Last night I told them the legend of St. Nicholas  celebrated on the eve of Dec...

  Today the kids opened up their books before school. They got two Berenstain Bears books: Meet Santa Bear and Trim the Tree and Fancy...

   We woke up to a few inches of snow this morning. A nice little winter wonderland! Our books for today were Christmas in the Big Wo...

Along with our book advent each day, the kids also look forward to the chocolate advent that I got from Trader Joe's (below) an...

The kids have really been enjoying the book advent idea. Last night after dinner we did winter wreaths since the theme of yesterday...

I started a new tradition today. The kids will get a new book or two each day starting today until December 25th. I was inspired by a ...