Time of the Season

A Christmas Wish

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Christmas is a day of Peace
when Hope begins
and Angers cease.

 

Christmas is a day of Love
a day of Grace
       from Heaven above.

 

 

So, let us now
with loving prayers.
join with all hearts
everywhere!

 

 

 

Merry Christmas
Merci and Liz

 

source: my daughters book from 3rd grade – A Christmas Celebration 

 

 

 

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Tissue Paper Bows

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We sure made a mess but it was fun and so easy to make bows – let your imagination go and get those kiddies busy!! 

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4 days til Christmas

 

  • Pastel colored tissue paper
  • ribbon 
  • Scissors
  • Ruler

How to make it:

  1. Cut tissue paper into rectangles of desired size -we cut the tissue paper into the three folds
  2. Stack around 4-5 pieces of tissue paper. Use the same color or different colors. If you want to use a smaller number of pieces of tissue paper, flower will not be as full.
  3. Accordion pleat the tissue paper working from the long side.
  4. tie the ribbon around the middle of the accordion pleated tissue paper and knot
  5. Trim the ends of each side to give the pedals a unique look. Trimming the ends into a point (like a triangle), or a bump (like a half circle) will look very pretty.
  6. Gently separate each layer  pulling upwards toward the middle of the flower.  Do the second side. 
Family, Time of the Season

Macy And The Santa

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When our kids were little, Liz and I would take them every Christmas to see Santa, not just any mall Santa, but the 34th Street Macy’s Santa.

It was so much fun, we all enjoyed our outing to Santa Land, we loved it.

Then one day they grew up, and a date to go to see Santa was no more.

It was sad when they said goodbye to their childhood.

So as soon as I became a grandparent, January 3rd, 2007, I knew that my December outing to Macy’s on 34th Street would begin again.

So now I have pictures of Santa and Sophie displayed every year at Christmas time, and last year we were blessed with Christian, and he too became apart of our Christmas tradition, going to see Santa in Santa Land.

The visit to Santa begins with a train ride on the LIRR, which conviently stops at Penn Station, 34th Street.
Sophie and Christian get really excited to get on a train that toots a horn and rides outdoors.
Sophie is all smiles and excited to be heading to the city.
Christian face shows a little fear as he sits and watches.

 houses wiz by.

 

 

Why is DaDa  so serious?

 

Isn’t he at all excited about seeing Santa…it has been a whole year since we saw Santa last.
Santa land how exciting!

 

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Here we are at Santa Land waiting on line to see Santa himself.  Poor Sophie looks like the train did a number to her hair…Whooosh!
Da Da look a train bell just like the one we got here on…ding, ding, ding goes the trolley…
All aboard the train to Santa Land…
Sophie, I know that look, you are thinking about what you are going to ask Santa to bring you  this Christmas, and Christian well lets just say he is most likely thinking of what he can bring to Christmas.
As we stroll down the path to Santa, we see a tree that talks.  I thought that talking trees were  only in the Wizard of Oz…I do hope we did not take a wrong turn.
Oh, let’s ask the elf.  See in Santa Land the elves keep us on track so that we don’t take a wrong turn…I guess they are Santa’s GPS.
Penguins that ski?  In Santa Land they sure do.   So I guess the road we are on is definitely not the yellow brick road.
We are close and now Sophie is all smiles…Santa is around the bend.
 I am so excited.   I do believe, I do believe, I do believe in Santa…

Christian’s visit with Santa did not go as planned…but then Santa was real cool about it.

 

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