Christmas is an excuse to indulge excessively, if you ask me. The spirit of giving to other and to the self is interpreted differently.
Sure, its nice to give (and to receive) but at times people equate this with price tags.
Christmas should be a day of thanksgiving, of introspection of what we can do in our small ways to “heal” the world.
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I wrote this comment in Lynn’s blog post when she answered my Weekly Question about Christmas traditions.
I know I am a bit overboard in my expectations of how Christmas should be spent. Maybe I was a bit annoyed when neighbors had their music blasting pop songs before the strike of twelve during Christmas Eve. For once, can’t people enjoy songs that lift the spirits, songs that sing about hope and love and about the reason why we are celebrating this special day?
Almost everyone loves to go shopping, whether to find good buys and bargains, to just window shop or to really buy what they want need for whatever reason. Perhaps husbands are the ones who don’t enjoy shopping especially when they just tag along with their wives holding heavy bags.
So what part of the mall or department store do you like to explore?
Children + house work = responsibility
That is what I believe. Having been without a helper for more than six years, we have relied on ourselves to do the house work. I do the cooking and when I am not in the house during Saturdays due to work, my eldest daughter is the one responsible in cooking and washing the dishes.
Cleaning is scheduled and the little ones help in doing so by putting their toys away, at times they sweep the floor or help mop the floor. They put their plates in the sink to be washed late on after they eat. They put their dirty clothes in the laundry basket. They make their beds after waking up. They “help” or hover in the kitchen when I’m cooking, observing what I’m doing and helping stir what’s in the pot while standing on a chair.
I have written posts about our Christmas finds in more ways than one which include my Frugal Christmas in my other blogs. Among others I blogged about Personalized Gift Tags, white gift wrappers, being on the lookout for Baked Goodies Recipe and I was able to make Butterscotch Bars. We were able to make Handmade Paper Stockings which hang by the silver cord. Bargain books anyone?
For the FilipinoMomBlog Fab Holiday Finds Gold theme, I present a wee photo of our Christmas tree and some of its gold ornaments.
That ribbon has seen a lot of Christmases in our home because we had these for the last ten years.
Along with the gold ribbons that I made 10 years ago, are gold beads, stars and bell chains, gold stars and golden sparkles. The gold balls that hang on the wreath on the door. Our Advent Wreath has gold chains too.
So there goes our Christmas decorations bedecked in gold.
Co-sleeping is one of the practices parents have when they have newborns. This is also being called as attachment parenting.
Here in the Philippines, it is a given to some families that children co-sleep with their parents even if they are way past being infants.
We co-sleep with our children till now when they do not feel well. Sometimes they just fall asleep on our bed and we don’t bring them to their own beds in the other bedroom. Sure, sometimes, its cramped but it just feels right for me.
Co-sleeping has its own pros and cons.
