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Kids Talk Episode 19 - Holiday Pretzel Drops

11/15/2019

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The holiday season is here, and we are so excited. November and December have become two of our favorite months for sharing holiday traditions and and family fun!

This year is no exception. We're looking forward to celebrating the holiday season with you! Through a series of blog post and episodes of our Life in the Higham House family vlog, we will be sharing much of what we love about Thanksgiving and Christmas!

​Today we kick things off with a special episode of Kids Talk! Breya and Jay sit down to make our favorite, Holiday Pretzel Drops. Delicious and easy to make, this is a great treat you can make with you kids!

We shared the pretzel drop recipe last year as a blog post. This year, we are sharing the recipe on Kids Talk! Take a few minutes to watch the vlog! Then go and check out the recipe! Enjoy the treat!
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WATCH EPISODE 19 OF KIDS TALK!

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CHRISTMAS PRETZEL DROPS

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Check out last years post of Christmas Pretzel Drops. Recipe, ingredient list, and directions with pictures! Enjoy!
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The Lego Countdown

11/6/2019

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Advent calendars have been a long-standing tradition for many families during the Christmas season. Counting down the days to Christmas, Advent Calendars date back to the 19th century, and have taken all sorts of shapes, styles, sizes, and themes. As a kid, I remember opening up little numbered doors, revealing a verse of scripture and a piece of chocolate candy. When our kids will little, my mom made a Christmas tree wall hanging with 25 mini Christmas ornaments from buttons.
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A couple of years ago we we're gifted a new variation of the traditional Advent Calendar, Legos. We love Legos. We love Legos, A LOT! A Lego Advent Calendar? Awesome!

Since that first gift, the Lego Advent Calendar has been a part of our Christmas celebration, and this year will be no different. The only problem we'll have is, which calendar to get?

For the 2019 Christmas countdown, Lego has released four fun Advent Calendars; the 2019 Star Wars calendar, the 2019 Friends calendar, the 2019 City calendar, and the 2019 Harry Potter calendar.
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We're kicking our holiday series off with the Lego Advent Calendar because these calendars will sell out. Last year, we had a hard time getting the calendar we wanted due to how fast they sold. Plus, if you're going to use the calendar to countdown to Christmas, you're going to need to have it before December 1st.
 
For the last couple of years, we have used the Star Wars calendar as part of our family Vlogmas series as we get ready for Christmas. Last year, we used the Friends calendar, which I believe, was the first year for the Friends calendar.
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ORDER YOU LEGO CALENDAR HERE!

2019 City Calendar

2019 Harry Potter Calendar

2019 Star Wars Calendar

2019 Friends Calendar


This year I think we're going with two calendars, the Star Wars (of course) and the new Harry Potter. We are huge fans of Star Wars and Harry Potter, so it just feels right to order what we love.

And like years past, we will countdown the days to Christmas with our annual Life in the Higham House Vlogmas series! Yes, it has been a while since we've done any vlogging as a family. But because we love the holiday season, we're coming back with some new vlogs and some of our favorite holiday traditions! 

In the meantime, don't wait to order your Lego Advent Calendar. The most popular sets will sell out. You can click on the graphics above to order your calendar set through our affiliate partnership with Amazon. This partnership allows us to offer the products we love to our readers at no additional cost. You pay the Amazon price; we get a small percentage of the sale with no additional costs to you. And, if you have Amazon Prime, you will have your calendar set within 2 days, with free shipping!

Merry Christmas!

- the higham family
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Bring on the Holiday's

11/4/2019

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November 1st. It was cold. A heavy rain storm, followed by a windstorm, has left most of the trees in our area without their leaves. What was once a gorgeous pallet of spectacular color is now the vacant, lifeless remains of a season that was. Fall, though technically here till December 21st, is all but over. The colder weather and leafless trees all point to the coming winter season. And with the winter season comes the holiday days we absolutely love, Thanksgiving and Christmas.

The house rule was, nothing Christmas until the Friday after Thanksgiving. We resisted all sorts of holiday temptation until the week of Thanksgiving. No movies. No music. No decorations. No Christmas. But all of that has changed.

Today ushers in the official start of the holiday season, at least in the Higham house. What's the holiday season you ask? The celebration of both, Thanksgiving AND Christmas.
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What's that mean? Well, simply put, we're getting into the spirit of the holidays a little earlier than we have in the past. What this doesn't mean is that we're skipping over Thanksgiving just to get to Christmas sooner. No, we intend on taking plenty of time to celebrate and remember the things that we are thankful for. However, we're also not waiting to begin thinking and celebrating Christmas.

In fact, tonight, we watched our first Christmas movie. Over the last couple of years the movie Elf, with Will Ferrell and James Caan, has been the first movie watched. Tonight we lit the fire, snuggled up on the sofa, and enjoyed the familiar laughed and magic that comes with Christmas.
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Why the change?

Why not?

Think about it. Christmas and Thanksgiving are two of the biggest holidays on the calendar. But every year we battle with the question of, "when is it okay to play Christmas music?" Then we get all wrapped up in the stress of preparing the turkey feast. We shop, we cook, we gather, we eat. Then it's over and we're on to the next holiday.

Christmas isn't that different. We shop, we wrap, we prepare, we gather, we give and receive. Then it's over. By the end of the day we find ourselves sitting in the aftermath wondering, is that all there is?

No, that's not all there is! Both Thanksgiving and Christmas  come with so much more. 

The celebrations, the traditions, the joy, and the fun;
​Life in the Higham House, the holiday edition.


So starting this month, we're taking the opportunity to celebrate all that Thanksgiving and Christmas mean to us. The celebrations, the traditions, the joy, and the fun; Life in the Higham House, the holiday edition.

Come along and join us as we turn the Life in the Higham House blog into our, Bring on the Holiday Extravaganza! Let's go, bring on the holiday's!

​- the Higham family
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