ON THE ELEVENTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS.... WE ARE PERSONALISING SOME GIFTS WITH TAGS! Over the years we have made some super cute tags for our Christmas presents. When they were little the girls and I would do colabs, but now they are older they want to create their own! The best thing about Christmas tags is they can be as complicated or as simple as you want! These ones are cardboard, covered in christmas paper, … Continue reading On the Eleventh day of Christmas….
ON THE NINTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS.... we made great grandma harris's CHRISTMAS PUDDING Even though in Australia we are in the height of the summer on Christmas day, it is my family’s tradition to have the full cooked turkey, vegetables and all the trimmings for our Christmas lunch. I have memories of Christmas dinner being served, the house 10°C hotter than outside (because the poor oven has been working over time since 6am that morning,)and … Continue reading On the Ninth Day of Christmas…..
ON THE EIGTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS -we made some decorations for our home I love giving our decorations a little home made touch. And it is something that I love to do when all the markets are done and there is some spare time at night. Over the years I have made bunting and decorations for our tree as well as wreaths for our door and a succulent Christmas tree for our table. (I will … Continue reading On the Eight Day of Christmas….
ON THE SEVENTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS - SCHOOL HOLIDAYS BEGIN And we make the best eva sugar cookies. I love this tradition - not only because they are seriously yummy but the girls love to decorate the cookies. Since we have been doing this since Bean was a baby they are all developing some serious skills and their seems to be some good natured rivalry as to who's cookies are the best decorated! Our tradition has … Continue reading On the Seventh Day of Christmas…
ON THE FOURTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS - WE WISHED OUR TEACHERS A MERRY AND BRIGHT CHRISTMAS As the big day nears, we find ourselves inundated with end of year and Christmas activities. I sometimes wish we lived in the northern hemisphere so that all of our end of school assemblies and dance concerts were held in June which would relieve some of the pressure of this time of year. So last year when we absolute … Continue reading On the Fourth day of Christmas…
INVITE SOME WHIMSY INTO YOUR CHRISTMAS Christmas to me since I have become an adult and since I became a parent seems to be more about commercialism and how many presents we can fit under the tree, than about fun or magic or even thoughtfulness. I have felt indifferent, hugely cynical and generally grinch like about it for a while. And I must admit the first two or three years after Bean and Bug were … Continue reading The Twelve Days of Christmas….
