The Lunchbox Season’s Family Advent Calendar Is Back! This is our fifth and, perhaps, final year of Adventing! So, get ready for a wild ride! Welcome to Advent 2015! It’s the first Sunday in Advent. And, we’re starting it off in style! Family Tree Trimming Party Alright, lovelies, it’s time to get out the ornaments, […]
It’s that time of year…..Well, almost! Put a star on it, Bumble! Our annual online Family Advent Calendar begins on Sunday, November 29, 2015. So, get ready for a super-fun activity designed for you and yours presented daily, from the start of Advent to Christmas Eve! Oh, and we’ve got a pair of special previews planned. Thanks […]
It’s the first of our Advent Make-Ahead Mondays!Each Monday in Advent, we’ll be getting something ready to give as a gift to family, neigbours, and friends.Today, we’ll be making small bottles of Vanilla Extract and Simple Syrup. First up is our awesome vanilla extract: Here’s the DIY! ____________ Next up is our oh-so-easy Simple Syrup: […]
Our Family Advent Calendar begins with a Kick-Off Party on November 29th! As a warm-up to the Holiday season, we thought you’d appreciate a little guide to the best of what we’ve made so far. The Lunchbox Season’s Sweet Shop: Our Best Holiday Recipes Bûche de Noël – Christmas Yule Log Cakes Classic Chocolate Bûche de Noël […]
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 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 […]
