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Christmas Activities with Kids: Ages 6 and 8
It’s Christmastime! My boys are so excited. It’s time to think about our ideas for the best Christmas activities with kids.
When I was pregnant with Henry, I sewed a fabric advent calendar and wrote activity ideas on cards. Now that the boys are 6 and 8, it feels like it’s time for a little update! Here’s what I’m planning for this year. The boys will get to pick one activity a day leading up to Christmas:
Christmas Activities with Kids
- Carve handmade holiday stamps out of rubber and make gift-tags using stamps
- Cut down an evergreen tree (or buy a potted one and plant it after Christmas); decorate the
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Happy Early Birthday, Matt!
Dearest Matt,
It’s always a treat when your birthday rolls around and we get to spend time lavishing you with joy and affection the way you lavish us the rest of the year.
Do you know how lucky we are to have you in our lives?
You are the cement foundation upon which our lives our built (not like a dinky foundation—more like the 30-foot foundation rising from the yard next door but without the crack in it).
You are the water that we all swim around in and breathe oxygen from without even realizing it.
You are the hot air balloon which helps us rise beyond our daily reality … Read More
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Reunions with Friends: Do you have any coming up?
I have two reunions with friends coming up, and I’m excited! The first is my 20th college reunion and the second is my 20th anniversary of starting Teach For America.
It’s so easy to let things like this slip by without even realizing it. Luckily, friends of mine took the lead on getting the Teach For America reunion planning going. I helped by finding an AirBnb for us in rural Louisiana.
It was really hard to mobilize everyone to finalize a date. Mainly, it was painful to think that we couldn’t accommodate everyone. And then we needed at least seven people to commit before it made sense to make a … Read More