I love Advent – the anticipation leading up to Christmas is almost better than the holiday itself. My favourite Advent countdown tradition with my daughter (besides lighting the wreath) was our Advent books. I would wrap up each of our Christmas story books in paper and each day she’d get to open one – that …
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Tasty Tuesday: Maple and Cheddar Apple Pie
This recipe is adapted from the October 1 issue of Family Circle magazine. It was our dessert for Thanksgiving dinner. Our usual favourite apple pie is my apple cream pie and prior to this, I’ve never been able to try a new one because I just KNEW it wouldn’t be as good as the apple …
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Glass Jar Craft Roundup
On this week’s Creative Cynchronicity Live, Wed. August 29th at 9 pm Eastern, I’ll be demonstrating a variety of crafty things you can do with glass jars! Start saving up those jars or scope some out at a flea market and get ready for some pretty projects. Just to whet your appetite for what’s to …
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Summer Fun Fridays: Summer Fun Bingo
Here’s the first of 9 posts in my series: Summer Fun Fridays, a celebration of fun family ideas to try out this summer! Below you’ll find your choice of two charts that you can print out and use with your kids to plan out some fun summer activities to do together. (how many more times …
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Teacher Appreciation Gifts You Can Make
Being a teacher myself I always try to come up with ideas of things to make as teacher appreciation gifts that I would have enjoyed receiving when I had a classroom. Both of these ideas fit the bill. First up, we have a bouquet of flower pens followed by a personalized chalkboard eraser. Many classrooms …
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Our Passover Seder
For many years now, my daughter and I have celebrated a Passover Seder in our home. It is a tradition in many Catholic churches to put on a recreation of the Last Supper on the Thursday before Good Friday including re-enacting the washing of the feet and celebrating the Eucharist by breaking bread and sharing …
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