Christmas

Growing up I was in many choirs; I used to sing in Handel’s Messiah each Christmas. I often caroled at the Dicken’s Festival as my mom would sign me up to be in the plays like Oliver and The Christmas Carol each year. If you are an actor at the Dicken’s Festival you are required …

Let’s flash back to December 2025. It was a wild month, and a bout of severe headaches completely derailed my posting schedule. Because of that, a ton of our Elf on the Shelf scenes got locked away in my camera roll. Fast forward to November 2026, and I’m finally catching up before the little guys …

Here Are 7 Tips to Making an Inexpensive Charcuterie Board. The holidays are upon us, and that typically means a lot of gatherings and not a lot of extra cash. Whether it’s a formal gathering or a fall evening with a few friends, charcuterie boards make a great statement appetizer. Using these 7 tips will …

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie hit theaters; I realize that I never posted the Elf on the Shelf Super Mario scene that our elves, Pepper and Winter Mint, set out for us on December 17, 2025. The kids had a hard time finding the elves since they were in the master bathroom on the tub surround. Once our …

Elf on the Shelf: Riding in Rapids. Pepper and Winter found their way into my son’s Polar Bear Arctic-themed room. They took the Camp Wandawega canoe down some “bean-bag-blanket-rapids” with our IKEA polar bear as their river guide. Unfortunately, Pepper, our Elf on the Shelf, was trying to ride the bull when the canoe hit …

Elf on the Shelf: Snowshoeing. Our elves were enjoying themselves in this outdoor snowshoeing scene today. It was such a fun festive looking set up. They were standing on a lot of faux snow. The faux snow has a lot of sparkles/glitter, etc. in it to make it look more realistic. The elves were standing …

I LOVE chess. It is my all-time favorite board game…Stratego is a close second on board game ratings, and Risk a third… I guess I love strategy. I never really knew that about myself until I just typed out my favorite board games… Anyway, today our elves are playing chess with one another. They are …

This morning, my kids looked and looked and looked for our elves and could not find them. Finally, about 10 minutes before school, I placed my 6 year old daughter looking straight at the elves while I did her hair. The photo below was her perspective as I did her hair. About when I was …

Our elves found their way outside our house on pink mopeds. They used my pink gingerbread front door decor as the base of their scene. It looks like they added padded seats to these planter mopeds that I used on a kids’ gingerbread tablescape. The seats weren’t there when they were on this gingerbread tablescape …

This year, I had 12 adults RSVP to our annual Pulsipher Family Christmas Party that I host. I love the Twelve Days of Christmas gifting tradition. Growing up, I used to secretly deliver 12 gifts to a few widows in my neighborhood each Christmas. When I saw these plates and the table runner on My …

Each year I swap out my front door decor for a different theme. I usually start with two 6′ Christmas trees I bought years ago. My daughter strung them with big white Christmas lights that we have on hand. This Christmas, 2025, I choose to decorate with a pink gingerbread theme. During the after Christmas …