This year it’s been a little tough figuring out what to get the girls. Don’t get me wrong – this is a good problem to have. They have all they need and more, and so buying more just to have more seems a little wrong. So I decided this year that maybe we’d enhance the…
day six: sketching
I headed upstairs after dinner expecting to see the girls in pajamas and getting ready for bed. Instead I found them sitting together with their sketchbooks, working on wintery pictures. They are clever, these girls. If you’re going to attempt to squeak out a little more play time before bed time, and avoid getting into…
day five: some giving
Every year we collect white gifts at our church for a local toy ministry. The gifts will eventually be unwrapped and parents will be able to shop for their individual children’s needs, but for now they are wrapped in white tissue paper. Wrapping them all in white takes the emphasis off what is inside the…