Tonight is Advent Eve. So, kids, this is your chance to stay up late! This evening, we’re setting out the Christmas Tree and decorating it with all of our best baubles as well as new Gingerbread Garlands and a fresh pair of Favourite Photo Ornaments [the 2013 edition]. EASY GINGERBREAD GARLANDS Supplies Gingerbread Dough [See […]
Advent is Coming… And, so is our Daily Family Advent Calendar for 2013! While December 1st is the official start of the season, we’ll be starting our Advent festivities a day early! So, join us on Advent Eve November 30th, and Each Day until Christmas for a fabulous Advent TBD which you and your family can carry […]
Last Tuesday was Bea’s 10th birthday! To celebrate a decade of happiness, we made yet another bear cake! This time, it was a particular favourite of Bea’s, the Spirit Bear. [Like Spirit Bears? Check out this year’s March breACK! posts!] Okay, so my cake artistry may not be deep. I’m a home cook! But it’s […]
It’s time for Bea’s Catching Fire Movie Birthday Party, so we needed to make loot bags for the guests! In addition to the Catching Fire Bookplates that we created at the beginning of the week, we decided to create some labels to add to nail polish and candies before we put them in a clear bag […]
Bea’s Catching Fire birthday party is coming up, so we thought we’d get working on the Party Favours. A few years ago, Blaise and I made the kids some beautiful bookplates for Christmas. They’re still well-used and well-loved! So, we decided that we’d whip up a fresh batch of bookplates for Bea’s party guests. We […]
We’ve still got leftover apples from our apple picking trip this fall! Good thing we love our apple crumble!!! In fact, we love the crumble in our crumble so much that we sometimes double the amount of crumble we add to our fruit-based desserts. Sometimes, in fact, we mix that extra crumble right into the […]
A certain person’s 10th birthday is coming up! On one of the evenings of the film’s opening weekend, she’ll be taking a group of friends to see the next film in the Hunger Games Saga: Catching Fire. She’s been talking about it with friends for weeks, but we thought it was about time to disseminate […]
