Mindy Carlson

Holiday Giving

When I was growing up our church had a Christmas Need Tree. It was a basic Christmas tree with little paper ornaments all over it. Each ornament had a request for a gift or two from a family or person who couldn’t afford Christmas gifts that year. My Mom always had my brother and I…

Mindy Carlson

December 18, 2014

Homemaking, Kids

Charitable Giving, Gift Ideas, Heifer International, Holiday Giving, The Bloggess

Daddy Loves Me Best: When you aren’t the parent they want

Look at this face. Isn’t the sweetest boy you’ve ever seen? But you would never guess that underneath those good looks there lurks a heart of stone. Every child does it to every parent and there is nothing we can do about it. It’s a “phase.” The phase when your sweet little angel wants only…

Mindy Carlson

December 11, 2014

Kids

child attachment, Dr. Spock, my child doesn’t want me, organization development and parenting, parenting, preferred parent

St. Nicholas’s Day in Switzerland

Here in Switzerland they celebrate St. Nicholas’s Day. St. Nicholas and Santa Claus are two completely different individuals. St. Nicholas is the guy who comes on the evening of December 5th and leaves chocolate coins in the children’s shoes along with a note about how their behavior has been so far. He’s kind of the…

Mindy Carlson

December 10, 2014

The Swiss Family Carlson

Basel Holidays, St. Nicholas, St. Nicholas’s Day, Swiss Family Carlson