The Christmas TIME “FLYER” December 15, 2010 by Sharon (Edit) Filed under Grandparenting, Sharon 3 Comments Barry and I have decorated our home for the holidays.  We’ve hung the stockings with care.  We’ve kissed little cheeks under the mistletoe.  We’ve decked the halls with boughs of holly.  And we’ve placed Flo’s little Christmas Tree, with the tinkling lights and little [...]

Taking Down the Christmas Lights in May Oh, yes. That was us this past weekend. We’re totally one of those family’s on the street. You know, the ones that everyone talks about and wondering why (the heck) it’s MAY and the lights are still up. Honest to God, I just took down our wreath about a month ago. Every single [...]

I still cannot believe I caught this on camera. This is one of those memories I will be showing over and over and over again for years to come. We had each of the boys come down one at a time. When Alexander came around the corner, this is what he was most intrigued about… concerning his brother BEN.

Is it really possible to Fashion DO a Christmas Sweater? I say, yes. It just comes down to 2 things: 1. Picking the RIGHT kind of Christmas Sweater. and… 2. Knowing what to wear with it. I would personally opt for something like this when it comes to wearing/finding a Christmas Sweater… Nordic, baby! Here are my top 6 “Christmas-y” [...]

William went Christmas shopping for me and Matt this year all by myself at school. We gave him $10 for each of us and told him to buy whatever we wanted. I have to say… I was VERY excited to see what William got us. And much like when I was a kid, he didn’t want for Christmas to have [...]

Recently, Barry and I were rummaging around in our attic among our Christmas stuff… looking for strings of lights. We didn’t find any. But what we did find was a small pile of papers tied with faded string. On top of that little pile was a small piece of paper with the year 1978 written across it. I untied the [...]

Last week, I wrote about the Button Tin that had belonged to my late mother-in-law Flo. I know she was sifting through those buttons with me… because I had a special little project going on for her precious great-grandchildren. NanaFlo’s love for her great-grandchildren was, and still is, bigger than all the button tins on earth and in heaven combined. [...]

I love buttons. I love the feel of buttons sifting through my hands.  This love comes from my Mom’s Button Tin… from when I was a child.  My Mom kept all kinds of buttons in a rectangular shaped tin box.  This tin box had a delightful Christmas motif on its tin lid.  I remember my Mom heading to that button [...]

I remember the days when I was a young Mommy with 4 young kids, and every once-in-a-while I got to spend an afternoon with one child… One-on-One. Most times this little time-gift wasn’t planned. It just happened because it just did. And that time-gift wasn’t about going somewhere and doing something, but rather just being. Now, as a young (haha!) [...]

I’m on my way to the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular in New York City, Barry’s and my annual Christmas gift to our children and grandchildren… all 19 of us! And I’m thinking of a perfect Christmas letter to Santa from my archives. It’s a letter my mother wrote to Santa in 1931… As a kid, what did you [...]