We have a winner!

Congratulations to Sally over at Adventures in Living and Learning-- which, incidentally, is an absolutely lovely blog, you should check it out!-- whose favorite winter activity is playing outside together and then coming in for some fresh hot chocolate. Sally, I'm looking through your profile and blog trying to dig up your email addy, but am having trouble finding it. If you could leave it here or email me at frontzfamily at gmail dot com, I can get the Winter Seasons of Joy ebook to you as soon as possible!

To everyone, thank you for participating. I loved reading all your fabulous winter traditions, and picked up a few ideas of my own to try with my family this winter. If you're interested in learning more about Winter Seasons of Joy, I did a pretty detailed blog post here. It's available here for purchase.

Thank you all, and have a peaceful winter!

Winter Seasons of Joy Giveaway!

Just a reminder-- the Winter Seasons of Joy giveaway is going on until Friday! There are multiple ways to be entered.

Want to learn more about Winter Seasons of Joy? I detailed what's included here.

Already have Winter Seasons of Joy? I'd be happy to send your winning copy to a friend.

It's another giveaway! Winter Seasons of Joy

Winter nature table: felt mitten made by my kindergartener with small animals, and beeswax icicles on the bear cave,
all ideas from Seasons of Joy Winter

We had so much fun with the last giveaway, we decided to do it again!

Winter Seasons of Joy is a Waldorf-inspired activity guide featuring ten weeks of circle times, fairy tales and story extensions, handwork projects, nature tables, watercolor stories, coloring and modeling activities, playtime ideas, outings and group activities, ideas for you and your baby, and much more. Aimed at families in the early childhood years, I can honestly say that my older children still enjoy many of the activities.

Winter Seasons of Joy features color nature table pictures, many original songs, stories, verses, and fingerplays, as well as some old favorites, music and stories written out for ease of use, and many patterns and drawings to assist you.

It is my heartfelt desire that using these books will help you put into place rhythms and routines to carry you through your day and create many joyful memories with your family. That is why I have priced all my seasonal ebooks at the reasonable price of $15 each. You can also by all 4 books for only $50.

Or, of course, you can enter to win one here! Simply leave a comment sharing a favorite wintertime activity. Want extra chances to win? Do any or all of the following and leave an extra comment for each one: become a follower of my blog; become a Facebook fan; Tweet, blog, or Facebook about the giveaway. That's five extra chances to be entered!

The winner will be chosen randomly Friday afternoon (1/8/09). Just a reminder-- if there isn't a way to contact you through your profile, you'll need to leave an email address where you can be reached.

Wishing you a peaceful winter...

Free Giveaway! Advent: Lighting a Path to Christmas

In Thanksgiving for finishing up the book in time for Advent (and it was dicey there for a while, let me tell you!) I'm going to give away a copy of my newest ebook, Advent: Lighting a Path to Christmas, which I posted about here. You can also read an except here.

Want to enter? Just leave a comment letting me know your favorite Advent tradition. Don't have one? That's OK! Just let me know what your goals, hopes, or wishes are for Advent. If your contact information isn't included as part of your profile, please leave your email address so I have a way to contact you.

Want extra entries? Just blog about the giveaway, tweet about it, or post a link on Facebook, and you can leave a separate comment for each additional entry.

A winner will be chosen at random on Monday, November 30.