We had great fun participating in Andrea‘s 25 Days of Christmas blog post. We sailed with Santa and ate with him too, did crafts and puzzles, even went to the symphony and many other things, some of which I just never got around to writing about. Instead of focusing on work and general household tasks, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘25 Days of Christmas’
24 Dec
25 Days of Christmas: Day 22 – Christmas Wrapping Tube Craft
My kids love doing crafts, even my 6-year old son, so I knew for one of our 25 Days of Christmas activities I would have to work in some craft ideas. I was going to pick one of the great Christmas crafts found on EverythingMom‘s site but as I was wrapping gifts I had another [...]
22 Dec
25 Days of Christmas: Day 18 – Tree Decorating for the Birds
I know I’ve said this many times but we really are fortunate to live beside a huge natural park right here in the middle of the city. And even greater, is the High Park Nature Center located in High Park. They offer great programs for kids, families and schools. They demystify nature and bring it [...]
18 Dec
25 Days of Christmas: Day 13 – Christmas Puzzles
While the kids are still in school there isn’t a lot of time to do much in the evenings after homework and dinner. But not all Christmas activities have to be elaborate ordeals. For Day 13 of our 25 Days of Christmas we planned to work on Christmas puzzles. I love puzzles, always have, but [...]
17 Dec
25 Days of Christmas: Day 12 Toronto Symphony Orchestra Family Concert
We love music in our house, all sorts of music, but nothing beats a live performance. Whether it’s a rock concert or folk music or drumming (I love the Kodo drummers) nothing can beat the impact a live performance can make. And I’m not just speaking about me as an adult; our kids love live [...]
12 Dec
25 Days of Christmas: Day 11 – The Not-So-Merry Rainforest Cafe Santa Breakfast
Breakfast with Santa is one of those traditions we started when my youngest was born. We use to go to IKEA for their breakfast but then we heard that Santa was visiting the Rainforest Cafe for breakfast. My kids love visiting the Rainforest Cafe, we even visited at the beginning of the month for my [...]
10 Dec
25 Days of Christmas: Day 8 – Festive Pancakes
On the eighth day of Christmas my mommy made for me…festive shaped raspberry pancakes. I bought these Santa pancake molds years ago from William Sonoma but have never used them. They’ve been sitting in my cupboard with all the cookie cutters. So for day 8 of our 25 Days of Christmas I pulled them out. [...]
9 Dec
25 Days of Christmas: Day 6 – Mini Me Christmas Trees
If you celebrate Christmas you probably have a Christmas tree in your house. We do. We have a few actually: a fake one upstairs in our family room, there’s the Elf tree on the second floor and our real tree, the main Christmas tree, in our living room. We love Christmas trees so much that [...]
6 Dec
25 Days of Christmas: Day 4 – Santa Cruise
We’ve seen Santa in the parade. We’ve seen Santa in the mall. We’ve even seen Santa on a train. But on a boat? Well for the fourth day of our 25 Days of Christmas fun we booked tickets on the Santa Cruise part of the Toronto Waterfront’s Winterfest celebrations. I actually heard about this on [...]
4 Dec
25 Days of Christmas: Day 3 – The Chocolateria
I love chocolate and really good hot chocolate. I could enjoy these all year round but there’s something about the impending holidays that makes that mug of hot chocolate magical. For Day 3 of our 25 Days of Christmas I met the kids after school and we all walked over the new chocolate shop in [...]
Trying to balance life at home with my 3 kids (all under 7), while building my business and developing my writing. Oh and throw a load of laundry in and a dinner that isn't burnt. Wasn't working from home suppose to be easier?
