Wreaths

Mornin!

We had a pretty good weekend.  We got enough snow Saturday night so that the kids (and parents!) could slide down our dirt hill.  We'd been inside most of the day yesterday, after a nice church service.  We watched Minecraft: The Story of Mojang and then had some computer time. Finally about 3:30, HH got the kids to go outside.  So, we all went and got some fresh air!

Most of the time Sometimes, I don't feel like going for a walk.  Today was the first day I wore my snow boots (along with jacket, snowpants, hat and gloves- no scarf because it's not that windy!).  Anyway, I can't walk as fast as I'd like because I'm not sure how icy everything is.  I'm not sure how much longer I'll be able to do my walk to the PO in the mornings.  There's not much snow on the side of the road now, but soon it'll start to be plowed too much for me to walk.  I guess I'll have to get out the cross country skis or snow shoes and pray for lots of snow! :-)

I got a some little Christmas crafts done. I was gonna let the kids help, but I sorta took over!

Here's what I started with.

A bunch of sticks!  I chopped them all on the miter saw into little rounds.

Then I arranged them into little wreaths. 

I made two little ones to send in the mail.

  

The rest are bigger and have pinecones.  Before I give them away, I'll put an evergreen sprig in between the pinecones.

Here you can see how the little ones look compared to the bigger ones. The bigger ones are about 5" round and the little ones only 2.5".

Here's one with glitter pinecones hanging in the kitchen!

I was inspired by this.

But then I couldn't find it online. When I searched again I found this on someone's Pinterest.

Since I didn't have a whole bunch of wood, I went with the second.  Plus, I'm not sure to whom I'm exactly giving these and I wanted something small. I still like the first one and may try to do it for myself! :-)

Today I think I'll get out the Christmas decorations.  Yesterday HH moved the outdoor Christmas lights from a tree in the courtyard (where we entered the house last year) to a tree closer to the front.  Can you see the lights on during the day?  On the bigger tree to the right?

We also put out our little snowman family we made last year.

Have a great week! :-)