Ramblings of a Stay-at-Home Mom

Once again, Christmas has come and gone. And like always, way too fast and too busy. 1) We spent the afternoon/evening of the 22nd at Keith's sister's place with his Mom and siblings. Violet had a blast and it was nice to get a gathering out of the way before the Christmas rush. 2) Christmas Eve didn't start off the way I wanted it to. I ended up burning my wrist when my kettle spit boiling hot water on me and it ended up giving me a second degree burn right where the wrist bends. Ouch. The rest of Christmas Eve was spent at my Mom's place. Again, Violet had a blast opening up her gifts and playing with her cousins. My sister Sam had me for Secret Santa, so I got gift cards to Michaels and Build-A-Bear Worksop. Keith got his Secret Santa from Brett in the form of a gift card for Games Workshop. 3) Christmas morning started off with my Mom joking us for a waffle breakfast, followed by us opening our family gifts. Violet got her tricycle that we picked up in the States an

Day 15: Today was spent on the road with our first family trip to Minneapolis. This picture was taken as we were crossing the Canada/US Border into North Dakota. We had good driving weather and Violet behaved herself. Bonus! The Oh What Fun card is from December Documented and the journal card is from PL Merry and Bright. The journaling reads: December 15 (Sunday) was spent driving from home in MB, Canada to Grand Forks for lunch and stretch the legs and then on to Minneapolis, MN, where we are spending a couple days of vacation. Namely shopping at the Mall of America. Weather was gorgeous and Violet did AWESOME for spending so much time in the car! Day 16: This day was spent in Minneapolis, namely Mall of America. We managed to do all our Christmas shopping, as well as go to the Sea Life Aquarium. Violet loved in there and so did Keith. The journal card is from PL Merry and Bright with some stamps from Bo Bunny. The digital stamp on the family photo is from Ali Edwards Pound Gratef

Day 8: I didn't have any photos from today, so I made my Christmas wish list. Maybe I'll get some of it?? The Merry Die-Cut is from  December Documented by Simple Stories . Day 9: Today me and Violet (hopefully) started a new Christmas Tradition of making our own Wrapping Paper. I had a huge roll of paper that I had bought from the MCC (our local thrift store) for $1 back in the summer. Since buying lots of wrapping paper can get expensive (even buying Dollar store paper as you don't get much), this is my cheap alternative. Violet loves to colour and basically screeches with glee when I pull it out. She got right to work doing all her colouring. And in no time, I had enough paper to wrap a couple gifts. Yeah! I used Project Life Merry & Bright for the date and journal cards. Also decided to try my hand at using a transparency with some stickable gems that I had. Slightly surprised that it turned out! Day 10: I finally got my lazy butt out to my shed in the back yard (a

Day 5: Today for December Daily, I attempted making cookies again. The last couple times I've made cookies, they haven't turned out like they should. So I found a different recipe and tried it. I THINK THE COOKIE GODS LOVE ME! The Title Card is a  December Daily Sentiment Box and the Journal Card and Die-Cut are from  December Documented by Simple Stories . Day 6: Today my sister-in-law Jen came down with her daughter to spend some time with us. Violet absolutely loved showing off and playing around. The Title Card is from  Karenika Holiday Overlays , with the Journal Card from  Project Life Merry and Bright and a Die-Cut from  December Documented by Simple Stories .   Day 7: This evening we headed to the city on a Family Date Night. We went to The Forks and took some pictures of the Legislative Building in Christmas lights. I used a Merry Die-Cut from  December Documented by Simple Stories for my journaling.

I'm combining a couple days of DD on today's post. Day 12: I found the perfect spot to hang our Christmas stockings from: the coat closet! It's perfect as it's out of reach and  Violet can't reach it. The journal and filler cards are from PL Merry & Bright . Day 13: Me and my sister Sam did our yearly tradition of watching a Lord of the Rings movie. Today's was the release of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Awesome! The journal card is from PL Merry & Bright and the digital stamps are both from Hand-Drawn Holidays by Ali Edwards . Day 14: I had no photos from today, so I journaled about getting ready to leave on our family vacation. All cards are from PL Merry & Bright , with Wood Veneers from Basic Grey.

Sorry for the lack of posting. I've been away for a week on family vacation and didn't realize that it's been a while since I've posted my December Daily. Also, it sucks not having a small printer at home. Maybe for Christmas, Santa?   I'm going to do a couple days of December Daily to try to "catch up" to where I am now. So I am sorry for flooding your newsfeeds.   Day 4: My best friend Sabrina gave me her recipe for her homemade Toffee. I've had it before and it's delish! I used the journal card from PL Merry and Bright , with a Joy stamp from Joy Flair by Ali Edwards , as well as a Wood Veneer star from 25th and Pine from Basic Grey. The recipe card is from Sabrina.