December 2008
by Dianne de Las Casas on December 25, 2008
Friends: As I write this post it is already Christmas in Louisiana! On December 24, 2008, Christmas Eve, we spent the day preparing. We went to church and then to my mother’s house. My 18-year-old daughter, Soleil, gave me a gift that truly touched my heart. She spent hours making me a hand-sculpted and hand-painted [...]
December 2008
by Dianne de Las Casas on December 22, 2008
Friends: My family and I attended a Christmas Concert at Fountain Park Centre in Harvey, LA (suburb of New Orleans). The park is a new upscale retail and restaurant development. The concert featured Vince Vance, songwriter and creator of the #1 Christmas song in the U.S. – “All I Want for Christmas Is You.” We [...]
December 2008
by Dianne de Las Casas on December 21, 2008
Friends: On Saturday, December 20, 2008, I had my first book signing for my first children’s picture book,The Cajun Cornbread Boy. The book signing was at Maple Street Children’s Book Shop in New Orleans. It was fun because I was signing books with my best friend, Johnette Downing, Children’s Musician and Author. Johnette was signing [...]
December 2008
by Dianne de Las Casas on December 17, 2008
Friends, I am so excited! My first picture book for children, The Cajun Cornbread Boy, came in! My publisher, Pelican Publishing Company, is based in New Orleans so my husband picked up a case of books for me today. The books are beautiful! They are scheduled for a Spring 2009 release so getting the books [...]
December 2008
by Dianne de Las Casas on December 17, 2008
Friends: This is my first blog post since before my surgery. I had my hysterectomy on Monday, December 8, 2008 and it was successful. I came home Wednesday evening. On Thursday, my first full day home from the hospital, we woke up to quite a surprise. Snowfall was predicted in Southern Louisiana. We found out [...]
December 2008
by Dianne de Las Casas on December 8, 2008
Christmas Activity: Santa Mail My family celebrates Christmas. During the holidays, we send each other “Santa Mail.” We have a big mail box into which we stuff our notes to each other. We know when there is mail because a small tag hangs from the front of the mailbox that says, for example, “Santa Mail [...]
December 2008
by Dianne de Las Casas on December 8, 2008
Hannukah Activity: Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel Make a dreidel and play the game. If you are working with a class, divide the students into groups for best group management. A dreidel is a toy and a game that is played during Hanukkah.It is played by children and adults and can have two to many players.The dreidel [...]
December 2008
by Dianne de Las Casas on December 8, 2008
Friends: What a busy weekend this has been! Friday began with chaperoning a third grade field trip to see “The Nutcracker.” I accompanied Eliana and her class, singing and doing hand games at the back of the bus with Eliana and her friends. When we returned to school, we picnicked on a blanket in the [...]
December 2008
by Dianne de Las Casas on December 7, 2008
Friends: When you enter our house, Santa greets you at the front door. The house is decorated for Christmas. The presents are wrapped and tucked under our Christmas tree. This is our kitchen. We decided to keep things pretty simple this year, especially in light of my surgery. A trifle bowl on the coffee table [...]
December 2008
by Dianne de Las Casas on December 5, 2008
Friends: My mom called me less than a week before Thanksgiving and asked me to host. Being the dutiful daughter and one who loves to cook and entertain, I agreed. Preparation began a couple days before with all the shopping, cooking, cleaning and decorating. Fortunately, I had great help. My brother’s three little girls (Camrynn [...]
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