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So we read Tubby and the Lantern again and and again…

It is such a lovely story filled with adventure and surprises on every page not to mention… No one expects that when Tubby starts making his enormous lantern that the story will involve traveling to distant lands and only just escaping pirates and getting [...]

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So Christmas came to pass.

The Christmas Tree became a New Year Tree.

And we had a bit of New Year madness.

Here is our traditional New Year breakfast - muffins, bacon and coffee.

We saw heaps of friends and our braai (barbecue) made up for all those dormant winter months.

We read some books…

And then we read a few [...]

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New year. Fresh starts. New diaries and journals. Fresh calendars to go up…
I have just finished our 2009 calendars: the ones that I pop photo’s of the kids from the previous year into, and will give them to the relevant grannies and bestest friends tomorrow.
And since I am at it here are se7en calendar [...]

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Not my usual Tuesday crafty post - but my kids made such cool gifts for each other this Christmas that I just have to share. This has to be my last Christmas Post for this year!

Let’s just explain the ground rules: They draw names from a hat. Only one gift to be made for each [...]

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In my first post on Advent I mentioned what we would be doing for everyday as Christmas draws nearer and nearer…

Here is a summary and links to the se7en things we are doing each day:

A Joke A Day.
24 day board or card game challenge.
A stop over at the Jesse Tree Blog on Blissfully Domestic.
A visit [...]

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In my first post on Advent I mentioned what we would be doing for everyday as Christmas draws nearer and nearer…

 
Here is a summary and links to the se7en things we are doing each day:

A Joke A Day.
24 day board or card game challenge.
A stop over at the Jesse Tree Blog on Blissfully Domestic.
A visit [...]

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A Jesse Tree is a symbolic family tree of Jesus following from Creation and Adam and Eve through the Bible until the birth of Jesus. A new symbol is added to your tree day by day throughout Advent.

 
I have been trying to do a Jesse Tree with my kids for years but I have never [...]

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