Twenty twenty twenty twenty….

I’ve cleaned up and tucked most of 2011 into boxes, carefully labeled for any curious future generations. A good night’s sleep, and then I know me, I’m going to spend all day trying to finally make the switch. It’s twenty twelve, right? Not two thousand and twelve? Oh boy oh boy. Best wishes to you!

H is for Hatsuhinode

I know I know, New Year’s Day is probably the last chance we’ll have to sleep in for a while, and the sun should look pretty much the same all week. Why can’t we just catch the first sunrise of the year later? Tradition! This will be one of those “Every year, my family…..” stories [...]

New Year’s Thank You Cards

You’re either still at someone’s house or everyone is still at your house, and no one wants to play Charades anymore? Either most casually or most excitedly (I much prefer the latter), start cutting out the 4 digits for the next year, 2012 in this case. Big-sized numbers from stiff paper. Head out to your [...]

Dragons and Snowflakes

Sing loudly, to the tune of “For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow”: It’s the Year of the Dragon It’s the Year of the Dragon It’s the Year of the Dragon! Hurray for 2012! Repeat every 12 years, adjusting the year accordingly. I’ve started looking around for dragon crafts, and I somehow hoped someone out there [...]

On Carrots and Queens and Pirates

We all know that kids say the darndest things, and there’s happily no shortage of entertaining stories in your family, in books, online, and everywhere else talking kids happen to be. If your life is a bit complicated at the moment, find some 5 year olds to hang out with, because you need their one [...]