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I found some nice Mothers day lapbooks and activities.

Mother’s Day bible printables

Mothers’ Day Lapbook & Notebooking Pages

Are You My Mother? Little Lapbook

Mothers Memories

I would like to say thank you for all the nice letters and wish all a good and safe holiday season.  Let us remember those who are less off than we are weather they are close or distant we are all in this together.

Our Canadian winters are long and cold.  A favorite treat during that time is our homemade hot chocolet.  Nothing taste better after coming in from shoveling the driveway sledding with the kids.

I’ve found this a much taster and cheaper alternative then buying little cans at the store.

This also makes a wonderful gift!  Fill a quart canning jar with the mix.  Add some pretty ribbon around the top and you have a quick and easy gift.

Hot Chocolate Recipe

5 cups powderd milk

1 cup non dairy creamer

2 cups sugar

1 cup coco powder

Combine in a bowl and mix all together.

Place 3 TBS in a mug, top with boiling water and enjoy!

Family traditions are a special way to build closeness.  We all have meaningful times we look forward to each year.  As Christmas gets closer our family looks forward to our yearly light drive.  We pick a evening when the weather is nice, make lots of hot chocolate and pile into the van.  Off we go to town to slowly drive around and look at the beautiful light displays.  The children especially look forward to this every year.

What are your favorite Christmas traditions?  Please share about them on your blog and include a link below.  Do you have more handcrafted gifts, please share links for thoughts as well!

We like everyone are concerned about the resent events.  Our thoughts on how to prepare for disease outbreaks.  Not just for swine flu but any emergency.

~Hitting home, more local North America
~New virus
~What is a pandemic?
~Spanish Flu
~Stages/waves of pandemics
~Prepare with out panic
~Water storage
~Food storage, avoid frozen goods.
~Other emergency to prepare for natural disaster, layoff, injury etc.

~How long are you preparing for?
~Energy needs
~N95 Masks, were to find them
~Herbs for flu
~Keeping a stock of your prescription meds.
~Keep cash on hand
~GM food/crops
~Confirmed cases

~Were to find food in a panic
~ Emergency energy, heating and cooking
~Diesel, cardboard, paper
~Water storage, filtration
~Keep a list of needed items to stock
~Simple items often forgotten
~Working together, help each other

This part a little more about our faith and hope in Jesus Christ.

As the nicer weather is back many more people are on the roads. Lots of city drivers rushing to and from the cottage. Slow down, enjoy the trip.

Thanks for all the support and comments.  Some more of my thoughts on the economics of today.

My thoughts and views concerning family pressures in bad economic times.

My thoughts and views concerning family pressures in bad economic times.