December 2013

I’m moving!  Soon Joyful Mom will be Renee’s Kitchen!   I’m super excited (and I hope you are too!). The new blog will be like nothing you have ever seen in a Food Blog–if you don’t want to miss a post, sign up in the box on the right! Until I see you in January–be…

Advent wreath #2

This is another advent wreath that I made.  click here for the 2-D wreath.  I try to make Advent “real” for kids–I  want the kids to have the same excitement over the lighting of a “new” candle but in a safe way! This project has so many possibilities: use toilet paper tubes and cover with…

Creating a home for Advent

  What was Mary thinking when she was on her way to Bethlehem?  That was my mantra in 2005. It was December and I was big as a barn pregnant with my #3 baby.  My husband was in Japan for 8 weeks of my last trimester and I was trying to “manage” two other kids,…