Ramblings of a Stay-at-Home Mom

Welcome to Days 15-18 of December Daily! Running a bit behind here, but whatever. It's the season, and as long as I get them done (preferably before next November...), it'll be fine.

Hello & welcome to Days 13 & 14 of December Daily! For Day 13, I went with 2 stories: Violet reading in her school assembly and Zachary going on the potty twice in a day! The plaid star is from Ali Edwards  Chipboard Bundle 1 . I seriously need to find a way to put a dancing emoji on the page for Zach. I mean, look at his face! He was so proud of himself. For Day 14, it was all about making Sugar Cookies! I make them every year, but this was the first year that I gave the job of decorating to the girls. They did such an awesome job. The Very Merry word art is from Ali Edwards Christmas Star .

Welcome to Days 11 & 12 of December Daily! For Day 11, I really didn't have a story to go with, but then realized I could do a gratitude list. I decided to go with some hexagon text shapes to switch it up. The hearts are from Ali Edwards  Heart Digital Story Stamp  and  Gratitude  is from  Daily Digital Story Stamp . For Day 12, I used the story of me & Zach at Pre-School on a Thursday morning. The heart you  and the heart (recolored) is from Ali Edwards Heart Digital Story Stamp . Gosh darn it I love his smile. 

Welcome to Days 09 & 10 of December Daily! Let's just cut to the chase, shall we? The truth is, I had no photos or stories for 2 days in a row. Zero. Zip. Zilch. Nada. Pretty sure you get the point.  So I decided to improvise and take 2 quotes from an Ali Edwards freebie that she offered back in 2017 and make them full pages. Simple. Easy and Done.

Welcome to Days 07 & 08 of December Daily!!  For Day 07, I went with the story of Keith's work Christmas party. Of course, the only photo I take is of the food that we had and 2 videos of the entertainment. Season of Joy digital stamp is from Ali Edwards Christmas Star . Merry digital stamp is from a freebie that Ali offered a while ago. Day 08 we were at a family gathering, but I totally forgot to take some pictures. Instead, I grabbed the circles from Ali Edwards Chipboard Bundle 1 , Chipboard Bundle 2 , and Variety Sticker Bundle .

Welcome to Day 05 & Day 06 of December Daily! My Day 05 story is of the Christmas Brunch that we have at the Selah Mom's Group that I'm a part of at church. Word art and hearts are from Ali Edwards Eat Digital Story Stamp. For Day 06, I let the kids decorate the Christmas tree and got them their yearly ornaments. Christmas Tree background and word art is from Ali Edwards DD Prep Party that she hosted back in November (content is still available).

Welcome to Days 03 & 04 of December Daily! For my Day 03 story, I decided to write about Violet cutting her hair off. I know it's not Christmas themed, but it was my only story for the day, so I went with it. This was a really easy page to put together. The word art is from  Ali Edwards   Heart Happy . For my Day 04 story, I went with me doing all the gift wrapping for the nieces and nephews. The word art is from Ali Edwards DD Prep Party that she hosted back in November (content is still available)

Welcome to Day 2 of December Daily! I almost thought that I wouldn't have a story for today, but then Dominique started putting up her art wall, and I just rolled with it. I quickly put this together using the Project Life app with the filler card from the Comfort & Joy card collection, and then added the digital brush from  Ali Edwards Heart Happy .  All in all, really easy to put together and it's done!

Hello and welcome to December Daily. You have been forewarned. If you're not familiar with December Daily, I would highly suggest checking out Ali Edwards , and her plethora of DD posts , who is the mastermind behind this brilliant concept. In short form, make a scrapbook (paper, digital, hybrid) of the Christmas season. Photos + Words. That's it.  This will be my 6th year doing this and I still love it. I plan on just taking a story a day, whether it Christmas related or not, and going with it. It will never be perfect and with 3 kids running around, nothing ever is, so I will just make do. The story for Day 1, is of course, the Church Worship Team & Choir. I put it together using the Project Life app and used the Comfort & Joy collection for the filler & journal cards. 

7:30am | All the kids "slept in", so they are enjoying the new Disney+ while I listen to a podcast and journal and Keith heads to the gym. 8:30am | Decided to get the ball rolling on some stuff that needs to be done today and quickly made a double batch of Taco Tater Tot Casserole for supper. One will be for supper tonight and the other will go in the freezer. Gotta love getting ahead on things. 11:30am | Decided to go ahead with some more freezer meals this morning. Along with the batch of Taco Tater Tot Casserole from earlier, I also made double batches of Southwestern Chicken Casserole and Shepherd's Pie. 1:30am | Had a quick lunch and then Keith took Zach out on a Daddy date to the pool, so I took Ruby and the girls to play on the hill and go for a walk. 2:30pm | Keith & Zach got home from their Daddy date and Zach walked in with a small bag of candy. Apparently he had a good time at the pool and even got comp

Warning: Photo heavy post! July was a good month for us. Lots of outside play, gardening, fairs around town and family time. Enjoy! Our local Mennonite Museum has free admission on Canada, so of course the kids wanted to go. Zach was so excited to see the barnyard animals. And of course, snuggles with Daddy. Happy Canada Day! He looks so peaceful when he's sleeping. My sister-in-law loves me. She brought me an iced coffee.  Zach wasn't feeling the greatest this morning and woke up with a slight fever. You know he's not feeling well when he lays down in the cart while grocery shopping. Baby tomatoes in the garden! Before haircut.... After haircut! He was not impressed that the hairdresser used the clippers on him and screamed bloody murder the entire time. But at least he survived! Dominique also got a little trim. Apparently she wants to grow her hair out like Rapunzel. My little garden helper. I ha