Comments on Between the Lines: Hanging on 24 days

I'm making my own Christmas cards this year, they'...

2008-12-08T10:28:55.819-08:00

I'm making my own Christmas cards this year, they're coming along nicely so far. Sounds like you're going to be having a wonderful Christmas season with the girls :)

Oh my goodness -- I have barely begun to think abo...

2008-12-02T13:08:21.062-08:00

Oh my goodness -- I have barely begun to think about maybe pulling out some Christmas decorations. I don't know how you do it! Sometimes I feel guilty about my lack of planning toddler-activities.

A great post... Good things to think about.A few o...

2008-12-01T12:04:41.409-08:00

A great post... Good things to think about.

A few of our must do activities these Christmas holidays will include.

spend more days at the beach.
have more BBQ's.
invite other families over for the BBQ's.
Don't cook a hot meal for Christmas day (it's just too darn hot to be eating roasted anything).
swim lots.
have picnics with left over Christmas food.
Try and make as many Christmas gifts as possible.

This is great. I agree that when you become a par...

2008-12-01T09:20:43.626-08:00

This is great. I agree that when you become a parent, you see holidays in a whole new light. I love your advent activities idea.

We're hosting a visiting elf again this year. He seems to find ways to play all over the house at night and the kids, even though they're pretty old, still love to find him every morning.

Don't put too much pressure on yourself to write every day. I'm not convinced myself that discipline/fun balance to mean every single day.