Make an I Spy Book for Your Grandchildren
While folks around the country are battling crowds on this Black Friday, I’m snuggled in my toasty warm home on my comfy couch.  Reading a bit.  Snoozing a bit.  Eating left over pie — lots of it!  Just the way I think the day after Thanksgiving should be spent.  (See me shudder in horror at the thought of shopping this week-end!) When my kids were young, they loved the I Spy

Thanksgiving Day Activities
Last week, I wrote about making edible Pilgrim hats out of fudge striped shortbread cookies and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups.  My site stats show that lots of people are googling about these hats.  I’m happy that you folks like my idea. At that time, I had ple

Make Picture Magnets with Your Grandchildren
I hope I don’t make any enemies when I say this but I don’t like genealogy.  I do not care for searching and digging in dusty newspapers, mildewy microfiche, or crusty courthouse records for birth dates, marriage licenses, or death certificates.  Dates, dates, dates — B-O-R-I-N-G. But the funny thing is that the random guy on the street or the stranger in the line at the grocery store seems to feel compel

Papercraft Activities for Thanksgiving
Do you have some older grandchildren that you are wondering how you can entertain them on Thanksgiving Day? You might want to consider printing up some of these Thanksgiving paper crafts for them to make. Christopher Bonnette has 2 turkey and 2 Pilgrim/Native American Indian paper crafts on his Macula

Dance the Funky Chicken
Work with me here on this post, okay? It will soon be Thanksgiving and you know how that can stress out a woman’s brain.  Today, you might think mine has taken the train to Topeka.  But it hasn’t.  It just wants to have a little fun. Imagine it’s Thanksgiving.  Imagine that you’ve fixed the best Thanksgiving meal ever.  Kudos to you.  Now,