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Conversation with a three year old about New Year's Eve: Me: Should we decorate for New Year's Eve? Little man: More presents? Me: No, there's no presents. Little man: Cake? Me: No, we're not having cake. Little man lost interest at this point. Obvliously I needed to work on my approach to the subject. What better way than with a craft! To put the year into perspective for the little man I glued together 4 pieces of construction paper representing the 4 seasons. I printed some family pictures for each season, we talked about what we did and what season each picture belongs to. Material: Construction paper Crayons Scissors Glue Family pictures Directions: Glue the construction paper together writing one number of the year and one season on each paper. Decorate each season using the crayons and pictures. Enjoy and Happy New Year!

 We were very spoiled this Christmas. There was a pile of gifts under the tree and over flowing stockings. We are very fortunate to receive and give so many gifts. One surprising gift was an envelope  from my father. In it was a 2 page typewritten letter that he had written to my grandmother days before I was born. My parents didn't know if they were expecting a boy or a girl.  It was interesting to see what names they would have chosen if I had been a boy and what traits he hoped i would have. As I read the letter I could hear my father's voice, it hasn't changed in 33 years. Lots of parents write letters to their childen when they are born. I wrote one for my son. It was more informal written in a note book but the sentimment is the same. I thought of all the things I want for him and advice I wanted to give him but I never thought of when I would give it to him, until now. It was an amazing and thoughtful gift and espescially on Christmas. Now I ...

We recently found a great game at the library called Mix Max. It quickly became a family favorite. The game peices are rectangular cards of different sizes, each peice has a picture of a dice on the back numbered 1 to 4. The hats are number 1 the faces number 2 the bodies number 3 and feet number 4. The players roll the dice and take the card of the matching number, 5 is miss a turn and 6 is take one of each.  When all the cards are gone you flip the cards over and make funny miss matched characters.  This is a homemade Christmas version of that game. What you need: Christmas pictures  Card stock  Glue To make: Choose 10 Christmas themed pictures all of approximately the same size. You can print them or cut them out of a colouring book. Glue the characters onto the card stock. Cut each picture in four peices, hat, face, body and feet. On the back of each card draw a picture of a dice from 1 to 4. How to play: Turn all cards picture side d...

Easy colourful ornaments It's 3:30 on Sunday afternoon, guests are coming at 4:00 and my mom says let's make tree ornaments they're really easy. I'm not so sure about this, I can see a big mess and nothing being ready on time but she was right (she is after all the craft pro) it takes about 15 minutes and there is minimal mess, even with a 3 year old. It's a lot of fun and the ornaments turned out really well.  This is a definitely worth trying. Time: about 15 minutes (for 2 ornaments) Cost: Under: $5.00 (the ornaments are available at the Dollar Store) Materials: Plain glass ornaments Crayons Knife Hair dryer Making the ornaments Directions: Take the paper off the crayons.  Shave the crayons with a knife, making a pile for each colour. Remove the top of the ornament.  Place one colour of crayon shavings inside the ornament (do  one colour at a time or the colours will blend together.)  Blow dry the ornament, depending on the thickn...