Christmas Traditions: Nativity Scenes Part II

December 12, 2011 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 3 Comments

Part I is found here. More of our nativity scenes. I love this tiny one that was a gift last year. This was the “prize” everyone looked for when opening the Christmas containers. All of the pieces contain bits of scripture verses on them. Stitched by me over 13 years ago. A friend bought this […]

Christmas Traditions: Names of Christ {Ornament Tutorial}

December 11, 2011 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 12 Comments

Every year, no matter what we are doing for Christmas school, we always study the names of Christ as we countdown to Christmas. Did you know there are over 200 names that He is known by in the scriptures? 200! If you were to study a different name every day in December it would take […]

The Coat and Other Stories of Charity

December 10, 2011 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 4 Comments

I’ve been gathering Christmas stories of the prophets for a unit study for this year’s Christmas school “Christmas with the Prophets.” (You can download it at that link.) One consistent theme running throughout their celebrations is charity. Many of the prophets had very little in their youth. Yet they gave anyway. One example is shown […]

Illustrating Christmas

December 8, 2011 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 13 Comments

Fudge and Cookie were at the table the other day giggling and laughing. They were also going through tons of paper. I asked what they were doing and they replied, “Oh we got bored so we decided to draw pictures to go along with some Christmas songs.” I thought what a great activity! It kept […]

Christmas Traditions: Christmas School

December 6, 2011 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 8 Comments

One of the great benefits of homeschooling is tailoring not only our schedule but what we study. I schedule our school year so that we have all of December off from normal studies. Because I don’t want our daily schedule to be thrown off too much we replace our ‘scholarly’ studies with Christmas school. This […]

Christmas Traditions: Nativity Scenes Part I

December 5, 2011 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 10 Comments

We have many Christmas traditions in our family. One of my favorites is collecting nativity scenes, or creches. We get a new one (or more!) every year to display along with the others in our collection. Because I have so many I decided to cover most of the nativities in two posts (maybe three). Enjoy […]

Guest Post . . .

December 5, 2011 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 4 Comments

. . .over on Someone in Mind today. I wrote about some of our family’s Christmas traditions that point our family to Christ. Click on the button to go to the post. © 2007-2011 Chocolate on my Cranium, LLC all rights reserved © 2007-2013 Chocolate on my Cranium, LLC all rights reserved

The Life of Jesus Christ Bible Videos

December 4, 2011 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 3 Comments

The First Presidency announced a new gift to the world for the coming holiday season. “The Life of Jesus Christ Bible Videos” website was presented by President Henry B. Eyring during this year’s First Presidency Christmas Devotional and is a collection of short videos depicting the life of Jesus Christ. The videos are faithful to […]

About Me Ideas

December 2, 2011 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 13 Comments

I am currently updating the look of my blog. Have you noticed the subtle changes? The time has come to work on an “about me” page. What information would you like to see included? Any questions you want answers to that would work for an “about me” page? Other than the usual of course, there […]

Shabby Apple Dress Giveaway

December 1, 2011 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 79 Comments

Just in time for any holiday festivities you may have on your calendar at this special time of year, Shabby Apple, an online boutique of women’s dresses, is giving away this sleek Baciami dress to one of my readers! Several things I like about this dress – the elbow length sleeves, the stripe detail on […]

Motherhood – Service of the Highest Order

November 30, 2011 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 24 Comments

The most service I ever do is the day in and day out work as a mother. Tending to the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of children can be physically, emotionally, and spiritually exhausting. Just this morning after helping the children with school, talking to a high school counselor, and doing some laundry, I held […]

A Challenge

November 28, 2011 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 10 Comments

The campaign to raise money for the Stella Harris Oaks Single Parent Scholarship ends Wednesday, although donations will be accepted any time even after the campaign. Here’s my challenge to you: Make a donation (even if it’s just $5) Come back here and leave a comment letting me know you donated. Just a simple “I […]

My Mother’s Basket

November 27, 2011 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 6 Comments

The following post is modified from a talk my mother gave on Mother’s Day in 1996. It is about my Mexican grandmother, Guelita, and all the service she has rendered throughout her lifetime. The black and white photos are from my cousin Allison who has access to these and scanned them in to share with […]

Thanksgiving 2011

November 26, 2011 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 5 Comments

Scenes from the last two days. We had a very enjoyable Thanksgiving, spending it with Mr. Ferrero Rocher’s side of the family. There were 48 people there! The next day we took the kids up to the mountains to get a real Christmas tree. The first time in about 8 years that we’ve done that. […]

The Gift of a Grateful Heart

November 23, 2011 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 7 Comments

This is a post I wrote for Latter-day Homeschooling earlier this month. I am reposting it here. You will notice some repetition from earlier posts I have written but that’s okay! Some things are worth repeating. ☺Interspersed in the post are photos of some of my blessings from this past week. (via pinterest) Have you […]