What's on the top of your holiday wish list this year?
Personally, I have no idea. There isn't anything I'm dying for. I'd love some new clothes, shoes, accessories, etc., I guess. Really, I already got what I wanted...family portraits. :D How about you?
This Day in History... On November 19, 1863, at the dedication of a military cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, during the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln delivers one of the most memorable speeches in American history. In just 272 words, Lincoln brilliantly and movingly reminded a war-weary public why the Union had to fight, and win, the Civil War. Read more from the History Channel here.
Whether you are looking for homeschooling activities, something to keep the kids busy while you cook (and hubbie watches football) or something fun for the young ones to do at the big holiday feast, these Thanksgiving activities will provide some entertainment to keep little hands busy.
Click here for turkey crafts galore from the Crafty Cow.
The Toymaker.com has games, crafts, napkin rings, place cards and more. Ranging from simple cut and color to intricately designed folding crafts.
Welcome to this week's edition of Quotable Sunday. My topic this week is parenting. I hope you enjoy my selections as much as I enjoyed choosing them:
You don't really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round will wave at his parents every time around - and why his parents will always wave back. ~William D. Tammeus
Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. ~Elizabeth Stone
Always kiss your children goodnight - even if they're already asleep. ~H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
When you have brought up kids, there are memories you store directly in your tear ducts. ~Robert Brault
Parenthood: That state of being better chaperoned than you were before marriage. ~Marcelene Cox
Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children, and no theories. ~John Wilmot
It would seem that something which means poverty, disorder and violence every single day should be avoided entirely, but the desire to beget children is a natural urge. ~Phyllis Diller
Your children need your presence more than your presents. ~Jesse Jackson
It's not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours. I can't tell my children to reach for the sun. All I can do is reach for it, myself. ~Joyce Maynard
Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you. ~Robert Fulghum
If you have never been hated by your child you have never been a parent. ~Bette Davis
Most of us become parents long before we have stopped being children. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966
If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders. ~Abigail Van Buren
The quickest way for a parent to get a child's attention is to sit down and look comfortable. ~Lane Olinghouse
