This is probably my worst costume to date. I posted the picture on instagram and one of my friends commented: "Master Splinter?!...

Norway (and Sweden) is home to Monty's favorite Christmas cookie - pepperkaker! The girls start asking around Halloween wh...

St. Nicholas Day is December 6th. In the Netherlands, they celebrate by putting out wooden shoes with a gift for Sinterklaas and a carr...

Merry Christmas from the land down under, where Christmas falls in the middle of summer holidays. The girls found Monty soaking up some...

Did you know the official language of Ghana is English? So, Merry Christmas! Today the kiddos learned that Ghana is a grower of cocoa. ...

Frohe Weihnachten! Our first stop around the world was Germany! My grandfather's side of the family was German, so many of the Germ...

It's December 1st which means our beloved Christmas Mouse has returned! (For those of you unfamiliar with the Christmas Mouse - an e...

  We don't "do" Santa at our house. ( Jen Hatmaker sums up how I feel about Santa, probably better than I could.) So whe...

Grab some friends or extended family and throw a last minute Polar Express Party! First gather the kiddos together and read the Chris Va...

If you remember, we currently have a little mouse living with us for the Christmas season. Each morning the girls run to see what Montgomer...

Meet our adorable Christmas Mouse, Montgomery! This handsome little guy showed up at our house this morning, accompanied by this letter: ...

These were a staple of my childhood Christmases! This year I wanted to share the sticky, gooey joy with my girls, so we made up a small b...

I found the inspiration for this angel on Family Fun . I'll admit, I was pretty skeptical on the ability of school glue to hold toget...

When I saw this " homemade clay " recipe from Busy Bee Kids Crafts, I knew I needed to try it. Our salt dough ornaments from se...

Last year I ran across Musings of Me who posted an adorable 8-page Christmas storybook she made with her toddler son. I remember thinkin...

Here's an easy craft you can do with paper scraps and the trimmed trunk of your Christmas tree. This weekend we took our annual pil...

The other day in the car I overheard my five year old explaining to the two year old what she can expect for Christmas Eve at my mother'...