the aftermath

Good times were had by all!

Merry Christmas!

This morning we are sipping hot coffee and sitting in the living room on this cold morning. We are looking forward to our church's Christmas Eve service tonight.

I have made three attempts at the mantle this year and I think the third time is the keeper.

I thought I would share a little bit of our home with you this morning.











Today I will finish making my nephew's gift, we will wrap presents and stuff the stockings.

Tomorrow we will celebrate Christmas for the last time in our cottage ( Jeremy is headed to seminary full time). I will make this breakfast casserole, cinnamon roles and orange julius. Then we will join our friends for a fabulous lunch. I can't wait! Tomorrow is going to be fantastic!

around their room

I will post pictures of the rest of our decorations and share them with you...hopefully I can take photos this weekend.

We had a Emma's first choir concert last night, family came in town to watch and tonight is our small group Christmas party. I still need to figure out what to take. Something chocolatey sounds good.

Have a good weekend!

Today's agenda...

-purchase silver martha stewart glitter ( I LOVE her glitter)

-finish decorating the Christmas tree

-teach the girls day 3 of our "w" unit

-take Emma to dance 

-snuggle this little guy who is super congested, poor thing.

Do you think I can do it all?  I am thinking at the rate things are going, it is highly unlikely.  

p.s. thanks for your sweet comments on the last post!

crafting

Amidst, the nursing,burping and diaper changing I have managed to get in a little crafting. It is has been a long time since I have made so many things...the long break could explain why I am so behind on wedding, baby and birthday gifts.

I ordered a kit to make these lovelies. I saw pumpkins like these last year, already made. It was so fun putting these together and a lot easier than I thought.



This is a super easy craft to do with your kids. All you need is a roll of toilet paper, a brown paper bag, a strip of green fabric and a 20" sqaure of fabric.

Here are some instructions.




And there has been lots of crafting for the Christmas tree. 

Our color scheme this year is turquoise, white, silver and red.

I found this tutorial to make this starburst, mine still needs to be glittered. It will be our tree topper this year. 

And some red bird ornaments waiting to be glittered. 

A couple of other tutorials I am using to make decorations can be found here:

finger knitted garland

paper ornaments (ours are white and I made them a little smaller)