So now it's our turn to pay it forward. Got the little one helping bake cookies so we can drop them off to a neighbor a few houses down.
Thursday, November 20, 2014
The Giving Plate / pass it along plate
Unloading the groceries and my neighbor comes over and hands me a plate full of brownies. Apparently there is a new thing out called : The Giving Plate or Pass it Along plate .
Thanksgiving Homeschooling Lessons
We have been preparing for Thanksgiving during our homeschooling time, learning about the first thanksgiving and why we celebrate the day. As well as listing things we are thankful for. Our lessons this month included worksheets and crafts with thanksgiving themes. We even had a special thanksgiving snack with the help of Pinterest.
First stop was the local library and book store to get a stash of books. Story times for us this month included books that dealt with our, theme of Thanksgiving.
I believe having a Thankful Tree will become apart of our family's tradition. I think each year we will make one. For those of you unfamiliar with a thankful tree, it's simple. You make a tree and list all the things you are thankful for on it. I want to keep a scrapbook of all our thankful trees so we can look back over the years at the things we were thankful for.
Thanksgiving Day crafts which I must admit, I will probably have the kiddos making these every year until I am old and gray. I have truly enjoyed this. It's fun now that they are older and we can do more.
But if you let the kiddos tell you, I am sure the candy turkeys were their favorite
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Open Letter To ToysRUs Online Department
Dear ToysRUs Online,
You would think that the nations largest retailer of toys would have excellent Customer service when it comes to ordering things online, However this is the 3rd time that I have an issue with your online department. I call the customer service number and get the run around. The reps only read what is listed on a script and keep saying, I apologize, I apologize. What they should be apologizing for is being complete idiots. It makes no sense for your online department to suck so badly. It's like playing Russian roulette when it comes to ordering from you all. Like seriously, either you send out the wrong product or you send out a product that is completely broken. Seriously how could you not look at the item before you boxed it up and not notice that it was smashed and had a huge crack in it? From now on all shopping will either be done at the local store, cause the staff there is so friendly and helpful and what we can't find there we will be shopping at Target or Walmart in store and online. I think you should close your online department until someone figures out how to manage it correctly cause if you look at your Facebook page, it's more then just me with this problem. Where do you hire your employees from? idiots R Us?
Signed ,
A frustrated mother who have been dealing with you idiots about trying to correct her order since September and it's Now Novemeber.
Monday, November 17, 2014
Family Game Night
Monday Night in our household is Family Game Night! Now that the kiddos are getting older, I am trying to make sure we have certain traditions that they remember out about their childhoods. For instance, Monday Nights Will always be about family game night, and Friday Nights will always be family movie night. Sure things will change when they get older and start hanging out with their friends but I am more focus on building memories and family times now; I can worry about what's down the road when we cross that path.
An assortment of everyone's fun favorite food will always be on the memu during family game night. I decided that we will not eat at the dinner table but more so in the family room picnic style on the floor. This way we can change it up a bit and talk about our day , the things we did and what we enjoyed most of all.
My focus when it comes to games is, stuff that can be played together, and right now because of their ages; I am staying away from a lot of games that requires a ton of reading. I enjoy spending time with my children and playing games and bonding as a family. Who knows we may have a closet full of board games. Pssstttttt ....... That is my secret goal, to do just that. I want our hall closet to be filled with board games that we all enjoy playing,
For those of you who do family game night tell me, what are your favorite games to play with your children? How often do you do family game night? Is it weekly or monthly?
I believe that when my children are older we will have to move family game night to monthly instead of weekly. But for now, Family game night is something that we look forward to each and every week.
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Sunday, November 16, 2014
Our Scout Elf has returned !!!
It's that time a year again, last year during my break from blogging, I decided to embrace the tradition of having an elf on the shelf. Personally I think I enjoyed the elf more then the kids. This year I will be doing different things with our elf that will require a lot more christma Magic on the kids part.
For instance, this has now appeared in the kitchen.......
Our very own elf door, this way Our elf can travel back and forth to the North Pole with no problems. The rules are the same for the door as for the elf. The kiddos know that they cannot touch the door because only our scout elf have the powers to open and close it.
Our elf made his grand appearance with a North Pole Breakfast. I believe this year I will have our elf leave a few dollar store treats here and there for the kids. It was a delight watching them wake up every morning looking for the elf, sometimes our elf would change position while they napped. This is one christmas tradition that I am happy to embrace and look forward to doing every single year.
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