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Sunday, December 5, 2010

Silent Night

Christ is born! Hallelujah !!

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Saturday, December 4, 2010

We made these Twig Stars last weekend, and they turned out great.

Cuddlebug Blanket With Sleeves would be so nice to snuggle down and watch a movie with.

Mini Tutorial - How to Make a Kitchenaid Cover looks like a quick and easy gift to make.

Make you own Handmade Book

And look at all these yummy recipes!

Hot Cocoa Bread
Honey N Spice Cookies
One Pot Spaghetti - during this busy season, a one pot meal sounds great!
Bacon Wrapped Potato Halves.
Free Holiday Recipes Ebook from Lynn's Kitchen Adventures.

Raising Arrows article, Homeschooling and the Internet Video has lots of video resources for your homeschool.

Large Family Mothering has an excellent article on homeschooling our childred, Planting Seeds of Joy. You should go read it, even if you don't homeschool.

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Friday, December 3, 2010

Sunny Saturday

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Thursday, December 2, 2010

Family Movie Night - A Walk in My Shoes

We love to watch movies together as a family. It's often hard to find a good movie to watch, especially on tv. NBC is helping families solve this problem with Family Movie Night.

Family Movie Night airs on NBC on Friday, Dec 3, 2010 - 7pm CST! That's 8 pm Eastern.

This Friday, the 3rd, they are showing A Walk in My Shoes.

Walk in Someone Else's Shoes This Holiday Season

Holidays are supposed to be about families, but with shopping, cooking, cleaning, and other chores, sometimes it feels like we don't get a chance to have a meaningful conversation with the people closest to us. There is a movie called A Walk in My Shoes coming up on Friday, December 3 at 8:00 EST on NBC that is a great opportunity to take a break, sit down with your kids and talk about what the holidays really mean: caring about other people, helping those who need it, thanking those who have helped us. It's a really cool story that makes you think, "What would I learn if I stepped into someone else's life?" There is something for everyone in this story, and after watching it, I can promise that it will make you laugh, cry, hug your family, and be thankful for what is most important in your life, especially during the holiday season. Do yourself a favor and watch it on Friday, December 3 at 8:00 EST on NBC.

A Walk In My Shoes - 2:33 TRLR from Moms4FamilyTV.com on Vimeo.

A Walk in My Shoes movie synopsis:

Ever judge someone just by looking at them? Of course, we’ve all made snap judgments about people. But what if we really got to know them? How would our opinions change? And what if we were forced to become them… how would the shoes fit then? Stressed-out high school teacher Trish Fahey can’t understand her students’ lack of effort and why their parents don’t seem to care. This is especially true of Justin Kremer, a popular, skateboard-loving, basketball star who is underperforming in her class. Trish has him suspended from the team and quickly chalks up the situation as a case of bad parenting. This perspective dramatically changes when Trish meets Molly, a mysterious stranger intent on helping her see things differently. When Trish wrecks her car, Molly is there as Trish wakes to find herself living the life of Cindy Kremer, the woman she has personally judged and criticized. Trish discovers that there is often more to the story and learns a powerful lesson that affects everyone she interacts with. Her husband, her daughter, the ex-Marine next door… No one is left unchanged.

I was able to watch this movie this week before it airs tomorrow. I watched with the kids, and we all loved it. A Walk in My Shoes is a great family movie. There are a couple of good lessons in this movie for all of us.

We shouldn't be so hasty to judge others. What we see on the surface, is not always what is actually going in on others lives.

We need to make sure we are paying attention to our families. Yes, spending time together is of utmost importance. But that's not all. We need to make sure that we really listen to what our families are saying, their thoughts and feelings.

I highly recommend A Walk in My Shoes for the whole family. So gather your family together this Friday, the 3rd, and enjoy a great family movie night.

By watching this movie with our families, we will also send a message to NBC that we want quality movies and programming for our families to watch together. The sponsors will also get the message, and hopefully sponsor more family movie nights in the future.

For more information about this movie, visit A Walk in My Shoes . Read more about Family Movie Night:

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Thursday's Giveaways

I love entering giveaways, and have even won a few things. I really love hosting giveaways on Linda's Lunacy. It's so much fun to give stuff away!

So I thought I'd start a giveaway linky to make it easier to find lots of giveaways.

The posting of my button is not required, but help in spreading the word that Linda's Lunacy has a giveaway linky is greatly appreciated! So thank you!

Adding your giveaway to Linda's Lunacy Thursday's Giveaways is very easy! Just use this format, please.

Blog name - name of item being given away - ending date

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Please, only link family friendly giveaways. My kids read here, and anything not family friendly, will be promptly deleted. Sorry, but it's for my kids. :)

Have fun, and I hope you win something!

Chanukah

For a couple of years, we have been learning more about the Biblical Feasts. Chanukah is not listed in the Old Testaments with the other feasts because the event that Chanukah commemorates did happen until later. The event happened in the era between the Old and New Testaments.

In 168 B.C.E. a small group of Jews, led by Judah, "The Maccabee", rebelled against the Greek culture forced on them by the Syrian rulers. The refused to submit to Antiochus IV, King of Syria, who had outlawed many Jewish practices and placed idols in the Temple in Jerusalem, and sacrificed a pig on the altar.

The Maccabees fought against great odds and drove the Syrian-Greeks out of the land.

In the month of Kislev in the year 165 D.C.E. the Maccabees rededicated the Temple to Jewish worship. In lighting the menorah for the re dedication, they found only enough purified oil to burn for 1 day. They lit it anyway, while starting the 7 day process to purify more oil. The oil in the lamp burnt for 8 days! A miracle from God!

Chanukah is reminder of God's miracleous provision, and that we can defeat our enemies, both physical and spiritual.

Did you know that Jesus celebrated Chanukah? In John Chapter 10, Jesus went to the temple for the Festival of Dedication. That's Chanukah! Chanukah was important to Jesus, therefore, it should be important to us.

Our menorah and candles waiting.....

Last year, our first year of celebrating Chanukah, we light candles in a homemade menorah. I went to get a picture, and I couldn't find one! I must not have taken a picture. That makes me sad. I think I will try to recreate it and take a picture. We lit the candles, and did some reading, learning more about Chanukah. We also ate fried foods, and learned how to play Dreidel. With a Dreidel my husband made.

This year, we are adding more to our celebration. We bought a new menorah this year, shown above on top of our piano. We will be lighting the candles, saying the blessing, singing Rock of Ages, reading the nightly selection from Heart of Wisdom Biblical Holidays and letting the kids each open a gift all 8 nights. Small gifts, that I can't what they are now, as my kids read here. I'll have to share that later. :) We also will be putting money in a box every night for charity.

We are still learning, so we will be using the resources linked below, to continue learning about Chanukah, Our Heavenly Father and His Word.

We will also being playing dreidel again. I'm sure lots and lots of times. This year, instead of using chocolate coins, we will be playing with pennies, with the winner of each game getting a small piece of candy (or two). The only chocolate coins we can find at the stores in our area are expensive, and the kids didn't even eat the ones we bought last year as they didn't like the way they tasted. So we're playing with real pennies this year.

We will also be eating lots of fried food. :)

We will be having a great family time learning more about God and His Word. From what I have learned, the main thing that should be done in the celebration of Chanukah, is telling others of God's great miracle. So we are also telling others about the miracle of Chanukah, and how we celebrate it.

Here are some of the online resources we are using this year:

Chanukah Songs

The National Jewish Outreach Program is offering an excellent Chanukah Ebook. It has history, recipes, games, puzzles and articles.

Heart of Wisdom Biblical Holidays - our nightly readings

Chanukay Unit Study

Chanukah Lapbook Plans

Shalom Seasme: "Extreme Makeover Temple Edition

Here's a fun video fun video with Kosher Joe.

Chanukah Copy Work Activity Pack

Here are 2 books that I use: