Decluttering toys for charity is the perfect Christmas tradition because not only do you get to simplify your life by decluttering and there is joy in giving it away to the less fortunate this holiday season. If you're a teacher, I think this would make a fabulous class project. Thanks to Mom it Forward for the Holiday Giving: 31 Days of Service challenge and to Stacy Teet for introducing us to this and organizing it. I don't know how many toys our boys have broken from stepping on them … [Read more...]
Cookie Exchange with a Twist
You can follow along via: Twitter, Pinterest or Facebook and our readers preferred way via email. Why don't you try a cookie exchange with a twist this holiday season? Host a cookie exchange with your group of friends. Ask everyone to bring a dozen cookies and then as usual in cookie exchanges you pick one cookie from each plate that was brought. Here's the twist: This time instead of taking the cookies home for yourself individually package them and pass them out to someone in need! Turn this … [Read more...]
Mexican Christmas Traditions, Activities and Food Ideas
I was having a conversation with a newspaper editor about Mexican traditions and about how our family integrates them living in another culture and married to a man of a different culture. He asked me to write an article about it and when I sent him my first rough draft his response I was surprised. He said, "In my observation, you really don't share much about your Mexican culture." It was merely an observation but for me it turned into a challenge. You can follow along … [Read more...]