And hopefully an inspiring update too!
Got a white Christmas tree this year, thought it would give the illusion of more space, as opposed to a dark green thing in the corner...and guess what, I was right! Couldn't find pink tinsel though, maybe next year!
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Lachie was very proud of his secret Santa present for his classmate, he made stained glass biscuits (the no artificial colouring kind!), decorated the noodle box and added a zip bag he designed and a decoration. Was a hit!
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Why bun when you can reindeer! This was for Julie's Christmas Party
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And we made these (bad photo though sorry)...circles of brownie, icing, strawberry and icing pompom...Santa hats!
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Reindeer noses for all the school friends (and in each Christmas pressie), 8 Malteasers and a Jaffa!
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Doughnut seeds, just to add something that wasn't lollies!
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Lachie and I made him and Cooper bacon (nitrate free of course!) and egg on toast, all rolled into one!
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And these are great! Pretzels with a melted rolo and a pecan pressed on top!
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The boys also made and decorate chocolate spoon treats
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And to finish off our big baking day (while the girls were at a party) we discovered cake pops!
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Cake and icing, rolled into balls, add a lollypop stick and dip in chocolate. Then decorate! Took them to Waikawa Beach the next day to share with the cuzzies.
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All homemade christmas presents this year, only because there was a week and a half between school finishing and Christmas!! These are cool for big kids...further down I'll add what my kids have...
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And something for Auntie Cathie...her bucket list!
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Started making satin flower headbands, hairclips and brooches...and now I can't stop (fridge magnets too now!)
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These marble mazes are fun! You just push the marble from one dot to the other using your hands...fun for all ages!
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For a while there I couldn't stop making these wee zip purses, even the kids can make them!
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Homemade funky multi-coloured crayons
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Bookmarks...kids just hanging around!
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Mini candy cane hearts to take to Christmas for everyone.
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The kids made brownie with no help at all from me for our pre-Christmas dessert (I was painting, seriously couldn't help!)
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Typical!
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Didn't get round to making a big gingerbread house...whipped these up after making the organic fruit mince pies, and the kids and a decorating competition
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And the decorated the brownie (with pretzel stick added!) into funky Christmas trees
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Our new hallway...bag hooks and individual whiteboard for the kids important stuff (usually which movies are on tv!).
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Christmas toenails...these are Lachie's "subtle" feet!
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Oh he's so cute!
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On the way to Wellington christmas eve we stopped at the botanical gardens, the flower hair clip I made Lily
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Lachie's almost as big as me! Well I fit his new Heelys!!!
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Eden's new headband, such a rainbow girl!
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All together now...
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And in the new Christmas clothes (minus shoes) ready for church Christmas morning
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Cooper deciding if he's going to do the present swap with Biddy...
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He did eventually! Forgot to photograph these...godparents got post it memo boards...(one of those free standing Perspex photo frames, picture in the photo place designed by the child, then a post it pad stuck on the outside)
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Then they played some music together...awwwww...
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Haven't yet downloaded all the photos from Rachel's, but a few days later, when we got home, Auntie Cathie turned up with Eden's "real" present...meet Batman!
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He's had about a hundred name changes so far, but is pretty portable! Here in one of the doll slings I made for the kids when Cooper was little and lived in his.
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And obviously there's lots more...we're doing a day at home, day out, kinda holiday routine. At home the kids either play outside or help me clean/tidy/organise, and on our days out we pack in as much tiring fun as possible! I hope the holidays never end...
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