Christmas Season....Weeeeeee!

I LOVE getting ready for Christmas! I love making and giving presents, Christmas music, getting together with friends and family, baking yummy things, and decorating for the season.

Ahhhh, tradition!

Lucky for me, Little Man feels the same way about this time of year. Last year he watched the Thanksgiving Day parade on TV for the first time...so he had to do that again this year. "It's a tradition" as he told me very seriously during my stuffing prep.

This year, I have been looking at some books for starting some new traditions at our home. One that is on my must buy list is an old classic by Pearl S. Buck. How I ever missed this one for all these years, I do not know but I'm changing that this Christmas.

From the reviews that I have read about the book, it really helps to cut away the commercialism of Christmas and focuses on the giving aspects (rather than the getting part).

Rob wants to get his father something special for Christmas this year -- something that shows how much he really loves him. But it's Christmas Eve, and he doesn't have much money to spend. What could he possibly get? Suddenly, Rob thinks of the best gift of all...

'Adopt Without Debt' Ideas

It was brought to my attention that I had neglected to add the link  to give the directions on how to create you own Amazon fundraising link. (Big Oops!)

The program is called the Amazon Associates program. I have created a link from my blog, to Amazon so that people can do their shopping, and help to bring home Baby B at the same time (with no extra cost to them).

Julie Gumm is an author, speaker, and adoption advocate. She has written the book, Adopt Without Debt. 

 Her blog lists the steps for starting your own account on Amazon to help raise funds for your own adoption efforts. I am not a super high tech person, and I set up our account...ALONE :)

If I can do it, anyone can do it!

http://juliegumm.com/2012/07/how-you-can-use-amazon-to-earn-1000-for-your-adoption-fund/