A Bundle of Myrrh

Our day began with Love Potions one of Mercy’s favorite things to make though she calls them “Volcanoes.”

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It’s that time of year again. Valentine’s Day approaches. I knew before Abel was born that this could get tricky for us. Me being in newborn fogville and all. I had gone to the store last week to buy some cards for the kids to take to school but the price was adding up and I wondered if there was a better way to do this whole exchange thing.

Lily told me she was supposed to make a box this year to hold her Valentine’s. I knew I was not going to be able to get to the store before Thursday for cutsie paper and stickers but Sunday afternoon we raided my fancy craft paper bins and some appropriate wrapping paper then downloaded some funsie Valentine fonts to use for printing. Lily found an Eggo waffles box in the garage and got to work on her card exchange box.
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And then sadly we finally arrive at the 12th day of Christmas. The last day of our Nativity festival and feasting. On this day we have our traditional 12 Days of Christmas Feast.

Today Gerhardt brought out the gifts he had for each of his brothers and sisters. He had been home from school one day before the break and ran around the house gathering items he knew each of them would love. Then he wrapped them all himself with boxes he thought they would like as well. What a sweet boy. I had fun watching how much joy this brought him.
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