For my kids, each December 1st brings with it the excitement that Christmas is ever closer and holiday season is in full swing. The house is decorated. Presents have been purchased. Cranberry candles are burning. Christmas baking has begun (the gluten free kind...don't get too excited, … [Read more...]
All I Want For Christmas
According to my "Sleeps To Christmas" app there are 28 sleeps until Christmas. The kids completed their lists a few weeks ago and I got a jump start on shopping this year. I have only a few things left to buy and I think I'll have it all done by the end of next week. Then I'll be able to hang … [Read more...]
Look who turned 2!
Hard to believe but the twins turned 2 the other day! Really though I am not sure who was more excited the other children or Thatcher and Tanner! As soon as they woke up the other children were all over the twins screaming out Happy Birthday and helping them open presents! Not too sure if … [Read more...]
Christmas Traditions
Twas the night before Christmas and all through this house 8 little Monkeys were quiet as mice - NOT! On Christmas eve this house is anything but quiet! Here we do things a bit differently. We have a meatless dinner - due to many of my children not liking fish we have been having cheese … [Read more...]
You Can’t Always Get What You Want
The arrival of our annual visitor over the weekend had the kids scrambling to make lists for Tony to bring back to Santa (even the 11 year old). The 11 year old has only three things on his list. The item that made it into third place will likely be left under the tree for him by Santa, but the … [Read more...]
All I want for Christmas……
The day after Halloween my kiddies were on a mission to let me know what they wanted for Christmas. The tree went up on the 25 of November so at least that was better than last year's November 1!I am actually really tired of listening to their "Wants" so I thought I would throw out a list of … [Read more...]
Avoiding Christmas Chaos
Every year I am almost always finished my Christmas shopping by December 1 (with the exception of odds & ends and stocking stuffers). My thought was that by getting everything ahead of time I would be more organized and on the ball, when in fact I think it's made me less organized. When it's … [Read more...]
YES I MAKE BABIES BUT I CROCHET TOO!
So after my last post about my precious sibling bonding time some of you were shocked when I mentioned I was crocheting a birthday present. LOL I thought it was funny so I decided to post some pictures of some things I have crocheted:Above is a matching hat and poncho I made for Arielle. … [Read more...]
Show me the money
Yesterday my firstborn turned the big 1-1. Or as I referred to it - the 11th anniversary of motherhood for me.I spent the day as I do on each of their birthdays - giving a play by play on what happened the day they were were born. Cam's starts around breakfast - my water broke. At … [Read more...]
A Fairytale Ending
Once upon a time there was a little girl named Eva. For her 5th birthday she had planned the best party ever with Princess Belle as a special guest. The day of the big party, Eva woke up in the wee hours of the morning very sick.She was very sad to have to tell all of her friends and Princess … [Read more...]