learning about international holidays

We know that many of us celebrate holidays other than Christmas this time of year so for those of you who celebrate other holidays, or for those of us who would like to learn about other holidays and cultures, here are a few kid friendly links:

http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/holidays.htm

Kidlink has a great calendar. You can find holidays by month, holiday or country.
http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC/

Letters to Santa

Email letters to Santa....

http://www.canadapost.ca/personal/dec/santa/writesanta/emailform-e.asp


Free Personalized Christmas Stories that you can print out for your kids.

http://www.northpole.com/PersonalizedStories/

Handprint Snowmen Ornaments with The Cheap Moms

This is a really cute craft idea for kids of all ages. This is a really cute craft idea for kids of all ages. The kids use their handprints to make the snowmen. Can't wait to try it with my two.

Christmas Tree Decoration - Christmas Crafts for Kids

Easy Christmas tree craft for Pre-Schoolers.

December cool links

These are some of the 'cool' links we've been visiting lately:


December Contest


Win a chance to get some really original and beautiful pics of your kids! Didn't get a chance to get the holiday photos done? Well, here is your chance to win a professional photgraphic session from Event Portrait.
Click here to enter.

random ramblings...

So once again I find I'm really late getting back to my blogging. I find I either have these creative times where I find something to say or interesting to share or else I'm running around like a chicken with it's head cut off (and for some reason the latter situation seems to be the more dominant).

As I check the calendar, I realize that it's already December 12th. I'm not sure where I've been for the past two weeks but I keep thinking it's the first week of December. I'm thinking that I still have time to get out some Christmas cards, but then I remember my daughter wants to bring 20 cards to her classmates, and since she can barely write her name, I guess it will be another year for friends and family not to hear from me, while twenty 4 and 5 year olds get holiday greetings....maybe next year....