EASTER HUNT 2012

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Every year we chop our own tree. We had real trees in our home occasionally whilst I was growing up, but we never felled them ourselves. It’s a family tradition now and every year we head out with our old saw and gloves to find our perfect spruce. The mister usually cuts it down and…
Every year since our first baby was born, we’ve been to the pumpkin patch with the exception of last year, when we were in Walt Disney World for the month. Usually, we go to an empty patch filled with a harvest of gourds and pumpkins and we spend at least an hour inspecting them before…
St. Patrick’s Day celebrations made simple! I hauled my box full of St. Patrick’s Day stuff from “that cupboard” this morning after the boys had started school, to see what I had ready for next week. Over the past few years I’ve collected a few bits that I use every year and as St. Patrick’s…
Our Jones Family Easter Egg Hunt this year (yes, I’ve decided the event warrants being a proper noun) was late. Events conspired against us. Eventually though, Gav and I came to the conclusions that a) Jensen is too young to know we missed the real date and b) late is better than never when it…
Hey, Friends! Happy St. Patrick’s day! If you’re in the run up to March 17th and your kids are hinting at how excited they are for the leprechaun to come to their home because of ALLLL the naughty things they do…and you’re suffering flashbacks from Elfcapade season, don’t worry – I’ve got you. I’ve been…
Our Christmas Eve Boxes have been a long-standing tradition in our family, adopted from an American friend of mine and encouraged by a lovely Swiss lady I used to work with, whose family always opened one of their presents on Christmas Eve and shared them as a family. I love that it’s like a little pre-Christmas…