Today, the kids get out all of their bears and stuffed animals in order to re-enact their own version of As You Like It! While we will record this “production,” we won’t be posting it online. You’ll have to leave this one up to your imaginations, folks, or try it our for yourselves!!! Merry Christmas! […]
F We couldn’t let the last Friday in December go by without a final double feature! This time, it’s not the leading ladies or lads but the subject matter that puts us into a “holiday mood.” Here are two pretty funny movies in which the ladies are pretending to be someone they are not so […]
Merry Christmas! Here’s what we did over the course of Advent this year: Family Advent Calendar 2013, Advent Eve: Tree Trimming Party: Make Easy Gingerbread Garlands and Favourite Photo Ornaments Family Advent Calendar, Day 1: Read & Illustrate As You Like It, Act I [Withe Some Alternate Options for the Little ones] Family Advent Calendar, Day 2: […]
It’s Christmas Eve! Time for cookies, merry-making, carolling, mass, a huge fish dinner, cozy pyjamas and some final Christmas preparations! And don’t miss our awesome new Bûche de Noël, The Lemon Edition!!! Christmas Eve Checklist □ Make sure there are enough cookies for Santa. If not, make some more! □ Prepare the Lemon Bûche de Noël for tomorrow’s […]
Today, we give to a cause very close to our hearts, Cystic Fibrosis Canada. A contribution to CFCanada funds research to cure or control cystic fibrosis, supports high quality care for those with CF, and promotes public awareness. Click on the image below to be transported to their site. Then, click the “Donate” button to support. […]
“It was a lover and his lass, With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino! That o’er the green corn-field did pass In the spring time, the only pretty ring time, When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding: Sweet lovers love the Spring.” Today, we’re reading and illustrating the final two […]
It’s time to make loads and loads of Christmas Cookies! Today, we’re making two new Lunchbox Season recipes: Chocolate Chocolate Chip Crinkle [Kringle] Cookies and Pfeffernüssen. We’ll also be whipping up batches of some of our old favourites: Cookie Meteors and Santa Babies. Servings: 3 dozen cookies Servings: 4 Dozen Cookies Click on the image […]
Today, we’ll be watching two movies featuring the spunky Jean Arthur, who reminds me of my grandma Geraldine! Tonight’s Classic Comedies with the Christmas Spirit are The More the Merrier and The Talk of the Town. To go along with our films, we’ll make last year’s fabulous recipe for Punch & Judy Cookies [with a […]
Today, we’ll reread our favourite holiday scenes from the Harry Potter novels and design our own Patronus posters. Recently, I saw some awesome “My Patronus Is A…” Posters with Animal Drawings, and I thought that the kids would want to try something similar, but without the fuss of typography. To the left, you’ll find my […]
“I feel it in my fingers, I feel it in my toes….CHRISTMAS is all around me, It’s everywhere I go.” – from Love, Actually Tonight, continuing a tradition we started several years ago, we’ll write our own Christmas Carols. Since the kids are absolutely in love with the Bill Nighy character’s comic Christmas version of a […]
As if today’s most awesome Soft Salted Caramels Recipe wasn’t enough…here’s a special Advent Bonus Post…. Each December, the kids and I spend tons of time decorating the jams, jellies, pickles and other preserves we make in the fall and over the summer months. While this usually constitutes an entire day or “advent activity” on our […]
Today, for our “treats the kids have never tried before” segment, we’ll be making and eating Soft Salted Caramels. Then, we’ll make a second batch as a pretty packaged holiday present for teachers and helpers.
Today, we’ll be making a contribution to the Daily Bread Food Bank. The kids will bring some cans up to the local grocery, where there’s a box set aside for donations. Additionally, we’ll give online via their website. Click on the link below to be transported to that site!
“O, wonderful, wonderful, and most wonderful wonderful! and yet again wonderful, and after that, out of all whooping.” – Ceilia Today, we read and illustrate Act Three of Shakespeare’s As You Like It. I can’t wait to see what the kids produce this week!Need some alternative suggestions for the little ones again? Think of […]
Floor Scramble!The kids had so much fun making and playing their own Christmas Clue Game last year, that we knew it was time for another Christmas re-do of a family favourite! This year, we’ll be creating larger sized “Scramble” tiles and playing a Christmas “Scramble” on the living room floor. Here’s how we’ll make it and […]
Pizza and Cary Grant!! Pizza and Cary Grant!! The Advent Film Festival “Classic Comedies with the Holiday Spirit” Continues! Tonight, we’ll watch a Cary Grant double feature: Topper and His Girl Friday. And we’ll make pizzas from a recipe we posted during advent last year: Quick & Easy Thin Crust Pizzas. You’ll find a reprint […]
Tonight is all about improv and stage tricks! In front of the fireplace, the kids will improvise Christmas stories by pretending to be their favourite fictional characters. Which novels will they choose? And how will it all pan out in the end? They’ll have 2-3 minutes to conspire together and choose their characters before they […]
It’s time to make more treats the kids have never tried before! Today we’ll be tackling Chewy Christmas Nougat [with pistachios and dried berries]. This recipe took FOREVER to formulate…so, please, enjoy!!!! an adaptation of flavour profiles and recipes from Bon Appetit, Anna Olson, and Gail Monoghan
