I love holidays, celebrations, marking the moment....so it is very fun to decorate and prepare for upcoming holidays. But for me, it is more than just a decoration. It is a time to make the day a little something extra by making a craft, delivering "yummy's" to a neighbor, pulling out the decor year after year and having a "comforting" memory, and a way to say, special days are just that..special and we will celebrate "specialness".
A fun new "tradition" we started the year is to write notes to members of the family and you place your note or candy in the mailbox and put the flag up, whoever notices the flag is up can open it and see who "got mail." A fun way to say, "I love you" and "you are pretty great".
This is always the special holiday table for whichever season we are celebrating.
It is so great to get fun ideas off the Internet for celebrating. These are just cut out hearts with our names, hand prints...it can really be anything and they are fun in the window.
Usually the days before the celebration or holiday are the best, the anticipation and preparation(with the great exception being the birth of my two children). So I want to relish in those days and have my kids remember the fun and enjoyment in getting ready, learn about a holiday, or just enjoy what it means to celebrate.
Each year, it is also fun to build on the previous year and add to the "holiday collection"
Great idea I read about...using paint samples of Home Depot, cut out with a heart shaped punch and you have a great heart garland. It just made me happy looking at it, so I told Deveraux we needed to make another for our kitchen.
Happy Celebrating!
A fun new "tradition" we started the year is to write notes to members of the family and you place your note or candy in the mailbox and put the flag up, whoever notices the flag is up can open it and see who "got mail." A fun way to say, "I love you" and "you are pretty great".
This is always the special holiday table for whichever season we are celebrating.
It is so great to get fun ideas off the Internet for celebrating. These are just cut out hearts with our names, hand prints...it can really be anything and they are fun in the window.
Usually the days before the celebration or holiday are the best, the anticipation and preparation(with the great exception being the birth of my two children). So I want to relish in those days and have my kids remember the fun and enjoyment in getting ready, learn about a holiday, or just enjoy what it means to celebrate.
Each year, it is also fun to build on the previous year and add to the "holiday collection"
Great idea I read about...using paint samples of Home Depot, cut out with a heart shaped punch and you have a great heart garland. It just made me happy looking at it, so I told Deveraux we needed to make another for our kitchen.
Happy Celebrating!
Hey Rick and I use the little red mailbox all the time. We love it and are thinking we may just keep it out all year -
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