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Archive: December 2007
25 Dec 07 | Comments: 5
We've come to the end of another year together, and, as usual, I'm feeling rather reflective. 2007 has been a butt-kicker for my family in many ways, so to give a cheerful holiday letter-style wrapup just won't cut it. What...
links for 2007-12-2525 Dec 07 | Comments: 1
The Twelve Principles for finding a lost object If at first you don't succeed... DeliciousBaby Journal | Step By Step: Babyproofing a Hotel Room MyThings - Product Recall Interesting way to streamline tracking product recalls. bubbalulu.com: make things and have...
Shred wrapping paper to use as gift bag filler25 Dec 07 | Comments: 1
From the Hengsts: We shred our used wrapping paper to use as filler in gift bags. Our kids love to help us get the paper ready to put into the shredder. If the pieces are too big, they get to...
Spread out the gift-opening to keep Christmas morning manageable24 Dec 07 | Comments: 8
Another holiday hack from Mel, who seems to have the realities of holiday logistics well thought-out: I know everyone has their own treasured and time-honoured family traditions, but....since we have one young child and an older child who is easily...
links for 2007-12-2424 Dec 07 | Comments: 1
Apartment Therapy ohdeedoh | Free Printable Gift Tags In case you've got a few gifts left to wrap... TED | Talks | Gever Tulley: 5 dangerous things you should let your kids do (video) A reminder to dismantle some of...
Color code gift tags to streamline distribution from under the tree24 Dec 07 | Comments: 5
Mel's gift tag hack (for those of you madly wrapping gifts tonight): I had the kids make tags for Christmas gifts out of plain cardstock. We store all the gifts under the tree until they're ready to leave the house...
Holiday craft: Bread dough ornaments23 Dec 07 | Comments: 2
There's still a bit of time for holiday crafts now that vacation is underway! Margaret shared her recipe for homemade dough ornaments: The holidays bring out the crafty in me! Here's a recipe for bread dough ornaments. I still have...
links for 2007-12-2323 Dec 07 | Comments: 0
The Four Things Children Really Want for Christmas ∞ Get Rich Slowly Mm hmm.
Salvage wrapping paper scraps and rolls for a fun toddler diversion22 Dec 07 | Comments: 5
Sarra's hack reminded me how fun it can be discovering what a toddler finds interesting: After I was done with my Christmas wrapping, I had a bunch of empty wrapping paper rolls and bits of paper too small to use....
links for 2007-12-2222 Dec 07 | Comments: 1
Catalog Choice - Eliminate unwanted catalogs you receive in the mail Thanks for the link, Betsy!
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