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The Day After Christmas

by beth on December 26, 2009

in Being a Mom

I can say with­out a doubt that yes­ter­day was a very good day. We went to the first Mass in the morn­ing and after had a lovely break­fast, com­plete with a home­made sour cream cof­fee cake. After we unleashed the joys of Wii bowl­ing as the Wii was for all the chil­dren (includ­ing Hubby). The chil­dren also had their stock­ings filled from jolly old St. Nick. For din­ner there was a per­fectly seared and then roasted iron skil­let beef ten­der­loin with gar­lic smashed pota­toes. After we all camped out in the liv­ing room for a fam­ily movie night. Really not that dif­fer­ent than an old fash­ioned Rock­well Christ­mas minus the fact that there was no mistle­toe, danc­ing, or fire­places and the use of elec­tron­ics. Other than that, it was like the exact same. But I was shocked to learn some­thing new this Christ­mas. It turns out I am not as coor­di­nated at bowl­ing as my 3.5 year old daugh­ter. Sad, very sad, so, so, very sad (did I men­tion that it was SAD!! AS IN PATHETICALLY SAD), but truly it is so true. But really Mamacita’s like a Wii bowl­ing phe­nom, she has a gift, a tal­ent. We’re won­der­ing if there isn’t some sort of cham­pi­onship she could start train­ing for with this thing. I mean there has to be some­thing right? If not then I bet­ter start prac­tic­ing more or be hor­ri­bly embar­rassed by my daugh­ter every time we play as a family.

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Merry Christmas 2009

by beth on December 25, 2009

in in life

And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us (and we saw his glory, the glory as it were of the only begot­ten of the Father), full of grace and truth. –John 1:14

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O Christmas Tree

by beth on December 19, 2009

in Being a Mom

We put up our Christ­mas tree this weekend.

We wait until the last week­end of Advent to put our tree up & we keep it up until Jan­u­ary 6th or the Epiphany. We find that wait­ing allows us to focus more on the Advent sea­son. We put up a real tree, Hubby would have it no other way & I also love the smell of a real tree. A real tree brings the scent of nature into the house. Of course every­one pitched in to help. Which meant we had lots of happy hands some a lit­tle too eager at times.

Our tree skirt, it can be a skirt for a tree or a cape for child as we found out when we put up the tree.

Wooden Gar­land.

Jolly Old St. Nicholas lean your ear this way…

Hand­made glass blown orna­ment. We bought this from Bronner’s, we have many orna­ments from them. Beau­ti­ful. It’s an adven­ture to go to Bronner’s.

I must admit that I love watch­ing the kids help with the tree. See­ing their faces light up while help­ing reminds me of the beauty found in a child­like love of prepar­ing for the upcom­ing Christ­mas sea­son. I also love watch­ing the lights on the tree twin­kle in the dark of the room before I head off to bed, when all is silent and I con­tem­plate my own antic­i­pa­tion of Christmas.

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Le Creuset Giveaway: Food Made in Love

by beth November 30, 2009

I was think­ing about how the upcom­ing hol­i­days and end of the year mean food, fam­ily, fun, and did I men­tion FOOD??? And now that I have more free time, thanks to being done with my degree, I can devote myself to doing more this hol­i­day sea­sons. For exam­ple, I will be mak­ing more food […]

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Nativity Triptych

by beth November 28, 2009

I saw this Nativ­ity Trip­tych and thought it was so beau­ti­ful. I can just pic­ture it cen­tered on a man­tel or maybe a hutch. I love the wood and the warm col­ors that are used. I can get lost in this style of art, there is a sim­plic­ity expressed through its ornate beauty. It’s this […]

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