by Devmelodies | Dec 9, 2010 | Activities, Early Childhood, Family, Tutorial
You may notice a few changes around here… Our background, of course (which I am sure will change shortly) and OUR NAME! In fact, many new names have entered our lives recently… Well… Two new names have entered our lives: Our Bloggy Blog and a little...
by Devmelodies | Dec 5, 2010 | Activities, Early Childhood, Tutorial
Happy Chanukkah Everyone! Chanukkah at the Brown’s is much the same as anywhere else. Aside from where we place our gifts… something just doesn’t seem right up there! 🙂 We light candles, say the blessings, open our presents and eat Latkes! This year,...
by Devmelodies | Dec 1, 2010 | Activities, Books, Early Childhood
The Menorah is out… The candles are set… The presents are almost wrapped… and the activities begin! For eight days, all things point to Hanukkah! Is it as shimmery as Christmas? Heck Yes! Eight burning candles seems pretty shimmery to me! Here are...
by Devmelodies | Nov 29, 2010 | Activities, Early Childhood, Family, Learning Through Play
So Hanukkah starts on Wednesday… and what better way to celebrate its arrival than to put up our Christmas Tree! I know, I know… we are mixing oil and water here. But in all honesty… Christmas is pretty and important to Michael and Channukah is...
by Devmelodies | Nov 29, 2010 | Activities, Early Childhood, Food
We decided at the end of 2009 that travel for the holidays would be limited for just this one year… So, Thanksgiving was just the THREE of us 🙂 Mike smoked a turkey, Farrah helped make Apple Crisp and I did the shopping. Somewhere in the middle of it all was...
by Devmelodies | Nov 5, 2010 | Activities, Early Childhood, Family, Learning Through Play
Our first of many Turkey day and Fall Crafts… Check it out at Skip to My Lou