The boys did draw a picture of Father Christmas but declared that their pictures weren't good enough for publication, so instead I thought I would just embarrass them. Fair don't you think?
Monday, 5 December 2011
Advent Calendar - Day 5
Draw a picture of Father Christmas.
The boys did draw a picture of Father Christmas but declared that their pictures weren't good enough for publication, so instead I thought I would just embarrass them. Fair don't you think?
The boys did draw a picture of Father Christmas but declared that their pictures weren't good enough for publication, so instead I thought I would just embarrass them. Fair don't you think?
Sunday, 4 December 2011
Advent Calendar - Day 4
Make some hot chocolate.
At our rugby club they serve wonderful hot chocolate with marshmallows, squirty cream and sprinkles so, of course, we now have to do this at home too. Mind you ours are superior because they are made with milk.
I often wonder if Oscar likes milk because when I was pregnant with him I would have a hot chocolate after supper every night, in one of these gorgeous cups which are huge. I bought these cups years ago in the South of France and only ever use them for hot chocolate - not sure why I don't use them for a nice cup of tea?!?
Oh by the way do pop over to my blog friend Dottycookie who is also doing a blog advent calendar.
At our rugby club they serve wonderful hot chocolate with marshmallows, squirty cream and sprinkles so, of course, we now have to do this at home too. Mind you ours are superior because they are made with milk.
I often wonder if Oscar likes milk because when I was pregnant with him I would have a hot chocolate after supper every night, in one of these gorgeous cups which are huge. I bought these cups years ago in the South of France and only ever use them for hot chocolate - not sure why I don't use them for a nice cup of tea?!?
Oh by the way do pop over to my blog friend Dottycookie who is also doing a blog advent calendar.
Saturday, 3 December 2011
Advent Calendar - Day 3
Go ice skating.
Ummmm I'd love to go ice skating but we won't get round to it today so here is a pretty picture instead.
When I was little it would sometimes be cold enough for us to ice skate on our pond. Dad would be sent on as 'chief tester' to see if it was strong enough to hold us and if it was, then on we'd go slipping and sliding and landing on our bottoms.
I seem to remember that we would strap cushions to our bottoms and would often take a chair on to the ice to hold onto. As the cushions and chairs no doubt portray we were not very good at it.
I suspect that going to a public ice rink with a cushion strapped to my bottom might look a bit odd so it is probably best if I don't go.
Ummmm I'd love to go ice skating but we won't get round to it today so here is a pretty picture instead.
When I was little it would sometimes be cold enough for us to ice skate on our pond. Dad would be sent on as 'chief tester' to see if it was strong enough to hold us and if it was, then on we'd go slipping and sliding and landing on our bottoms.
I seem to remember that we would strap cushions to our bottoms and would often take a chair on to the ice to hold onto. As the cushions and chairs no doubt portray we were not very good at it.
I suspect that going to a public ice rink with a cushion strapped to my bottom might look a bit odd so it is probably best if I don't go.
Friday, 2 December 2011
Advent Calendar - Day 2
Make a snowflake decoration.
Making snowflake decorations is strangely therapeutic and I highly recommend it.
Fortuitously Archie had learnt in class about making these decorations and proudly showed Oscar and I how to do it. Apparently some in his class did very elaborate ones .... well we were happy with ours!
Have a look at How About Orange blog for a really good tutorial.
Thursday, 1 December 2011
Advent Calendar - Day 1
Draw a picture of an angel.
OK, I'm already cheating and it's only day one because this isn't a drawing and it's not an angel. It is a Snow Queen, I love it, it's angel-ish and I just wanted an excuse to have this picture on my blog again.
The postcard is stuck up just behind my computer screen so I can look up at her all the time. I love her snowflake belly button the best ;-)
Postcard bought from ISAK.
Advent Calendar
As today is the 1st December and we will be starting our advent calendar I thought I would try and do an advent blog every day until Christmas Day.
Let the countdown begin ....
Wednesday, 30 November 2011
Christmas Wrapping Ideas - Part Three
All you need to do is cut some washi tape and bend it over the bakers twine and simply cut the end in the shape of upside down V.
Top it off with a personalised gift tag of course!
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