Tasty Monday

Hi!

Happy New Year!!!!  I forgot to post this on New Year's Day.

Here's what we've eaten during the Christmas Break.

• Thursday- Christmas Dinner- Turkey, Stuffing, Sweet Potatoes, Potatoes, Turnips, Carrots & Green Beans
• Fri- Leftover Perogies, Cabbage Rolls
• Sat- Tortilla Pizzas, Creamy Organic Tomato Soup
• Sun- Morrocan Salmon, Red Lentils with Cumin Seeds (World Vegetarian, pg 68)
• Mon- Sushi, Miso Soup
• Tues- Kale, Spinach, Chard Salad with Craisins and Cornbread Croutons, Warmed Honey Mustard Dressing (from Dole) and (frozen cooked) Chicken, Sweet Potatoes, Pan-fried Polenta (this is the first time I've seen packaged polenta in Summerside- haven't had it in a while!), Roasted Broccoli & Olives.  This was a meal K and I enjoyed, but the kids didn't like it too much.  However, once C finally tried the broccoli, she decided she liked it!
• Wed- Dinner at In-laws- Duck (from a farm down the street from us- C is friends with the granddaughter of owner!), Tilapia, Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Green Bean Casserole, Turnip and Mexican Cake with pineapple & coconut for dessert

:-)

Homemade Christmas Gifts

Hi!

Along with home-made presents for the kids, we also do home-made for others.  For the past few years, the kids have given home-made jam to their teachers and bus driver.  However, this is made by my MIL!  She makes great jams.

The kids and I have made wreaths


 and wooden trees,


Along with these, I've made a couple things in the kitchen to go with them-

Crockpot Granola 

and Pecan Praline Sauce.

I've also made a

Coconut Sugar Scrub.

This year we made wooden snowmen from Birch branches that got cut last winter when our power went out.  Here's one that C made.

They turned out to be pretty delicate.  This one is already missing an arm!

N made a crazy one.

Also missing its arms!  We gave the "nicer" ones to my in-laws and N didn't feel like making another one for us to keep!

C also got in on the home-made band wagon and did her first cross stitch!  I glued it on a birch round to make an ornament.

We mailed it down to my dad and step-mom with a picture calendar that we do for the grandparents. I think that kinda counts as home-made too!

:-)

Tasty Monday

Hi!

It's the holidays.  Here's what we've been eating.

• Thurs- Chicken (?)
• Fri- Leftovers
• Sat- Frozen Pizza
• Sun-Chili with Frozen Black Beans, Frozen Hamburger
• Mon-Spaghetti (Frozen), Tomato Sauce
• Tues-Leftovers (Kids gone to in-laws)
• Wed- Christmas Eve Dinner- Cabbage Rolls, Perogies in Bedford, NS

:-)

Christmas Slippers

Hello!

I have a yearly tradition of making home-made gifts for the kids.

In 2012, I made The Owlies for C


and  StacRobots for N

.
Last year, I made Falling Blocks for them both.


This Christmas I made slippers. 

I was inspired by this link.

I had a wool sweater that I bought a couple weeks ago at Value Village that C didn't like. I felted it by washing it in hot water and used it for her slippers.

For N's, I used an old wool sweater of mine that shrank and had been put with the Halloween Stuff to use for a costume.

I had some leftover bench "fabric" that I used for the bottoms.

Both slippers are a bit too big because I didn't measure their feet.  I just used some old shoes to guesstimate the size.  But at least they're not too small!

:-)

Christmas Happenings

Hi!

We had a great Christmas!  We went over to Bedford, NS to spend the holiday with K's aunt and uncle.

The kids had school til Tuesday (!) so K's parents took the kids over on Wednesday morning.  K had to work Wed til noon so we went over after that.  The weather was great for travelling- just a little drizzly.  We had a lovely Christmas Eve dinner of cabbage rolls and perogies.  The kids set out their stockings and went to bed around 9:00

Christmas day we woke around 8:00 to open gifts from Santa.

 The most exciting gift was from K's parents- a WiiU!  Here we are engrossed in Mario Kart.

 Plus, I got a new phone, which should mean my pictures will be a lot better! All the pics in this post were taken with C's camera, except for the one above which was taken by K's phone.

C got some new nail polish from N.  She painted my nails with every color.

K's back had been bothering him since he put heater cords under the front stairs on Sunday, Dec. 14.  The ride over to NS, didn't help, plus sleeping on a different (softer) bed also aggravated it.  He woke Thursday in  a lot of pain.  He spent most of the day in bed, popping pain pills.  K's family eats dinner around 5:00, instead of around 1:00 or 2:00 like we did when I was growing up.  Here's the turkey getting ready to go in the oven.

Finally, right before dinner, K's pain had escalated so much that we had to call 911 and an ambulance came!

They gave him some Toderol (?), which helped almost immediately and took him (and me) to the nearest hospital!  It was quite exciting!  We missed Christmas dinner since we were at the hospital til 8:00.  The doctor diagnosed him with inflammation and prescribed some Tylenol 3's.  But since then, K's back has been better!

On Boxing Day (Dec 26),  N and C had fun playing outside at the park across the street.

We left to come home a little before noon. The kids rode home with the in-laws and K and I followed. We stopped at Taco Bell for lunch- always a treat since there isn't one in PEI.  We were all glad to get home! When we got here, the kids discovered a big sled that Santa had left under the tree.

Happy Holidays! :-)

Falling Blocks

Hi!

Each Christmas, I like to make a home-made gift for the kids.  In 2012, I made StacRobots for N

 and Owlies for C.

Last Christmas, 2013, I made Falling Blocks for them both.

I was able to use up some extra 1x4's which I cut on the mitre saw.

I got the idea from this link.

I also made some knotted friendship bracelets for C

and I gave N an Owlie that I had made the year before (made from an old pair of his shorts!).

Merry Christmas! :-)

TGIF- Continuing Front Room Progress

Hi!

We didn't make much progress in the front room this week.  I had moved the wooden doors for the coat closet out of the "master bathroom" and cleared the closet so we could put up the plywood on the back wall.  However, this never got done, so I had to move the stuff back over to the closet so we could bring in the drywall for the window wall.

 K picked up the drywall on Tuesday (first dry day in a while!).  I trimmed it outside and brought it in to the front room to wait to be put up.

It's still waiting....

Today is the Christmas Concert at School.

Enjoy the last weekend before Christmas! :-)