To My American Family ...

Ch-ch-ch-changes

Ah ... the fickle finger of weather.  Four days ago it was warm and sunny and Harry was mowing the lawn.  Our fall has been so warm everything just kept growing!  Harry commented that he doesn't think he's ever mowed the lawn in November.

Fast forward four days and this is what we woke to this morning:

Hello winter!  Hmmm ... now where did I put my winter coat and boots ...?

Dear Family:

You are all so AWESOME!!

Already such enthusiastic participation in the iowanorth.ca Christmas pages!!  Check it out regularly as I'm posting stuff regularly.  THANK YOU for the submissions so far -- KEEP THEM COMING! Together, we are creating a great holiday resource.

A few clarifications for those who have asked:

• ADVENT page:  this could include advent meditations, Advent themes, how you celebrate advent, how to make a unique Advent wreath, a story about Advent ... pretty much anything.

• MUSIC page:  share your favourite Christmas song, or maybe a song not so familiar.  If you have an audio file for me to include send it (or I'll search for one) .  Maybe it's a short video of your child singing in their Christmas program.  Or ... I dare you to make your own video singing a christmas song to share with us.  Maybe you've written a Christmas song!

• STORIES page:  share a story of a good Christmas memory, or a funny one.  Or write a story -- now there's a challenge for you!  Maybe it's a graphic short story or a single pane cartoon.  

• RECIPES page:  these don't have to be "goodies you make every year" -- maybe it's just a yummy sounding recipe you want to try sometime.

I've also had a request for a photo album page that would be full of pictures of our own Christmases.  For instance:  a photo of Dallas' Christmas lights at the end of the drive!  OR Jay and Jody's upside-down tree.  I'll add that page if you send pictures (please include a short description).

The main challenge to all of you, however, is to at least submit one thing so that the site has participation of the WHOLE family.  You guys are great!  I'm glad to call you "family".

- Jacob composing a new Christmas song -

Love you all, Karen