Archives for 2009
My New Year Resolutions
Last year, I only had 1 New Year resolution, and it was to start blogging… on January 7th I started blogging and I haven’t turned back… I didn’t have any other resoltions, because I was a mother to 2 month old and I didn’t have time to think of any others! ;o)- So, this year… >> View Post
Christmas at my parents house
My mom/dad invited us over to her house on Christmas afternoon to enjoy some great food and to open gifts. Of course, the food was great and what is even greater is my mom always gives us lots and lots of leftovers. My mom with Nathan Me with Nathan Nathan in an Amazon box (Santa… >> View Post
Christmas Morning
We had a wonderful Christmas morning at our house, and it was nice because we did not need to be at my Mom’s until 2 pm, so we actually had time to open gifts slowly and relax. I made a fantastic Christmas egg and sausage casserole on Christmas Eve night, and then you place it… >> View Post
Christmas Eve Cookies
Every Christmas Eve, I bake cookies for Santa Claus, and Nathan helps me… of course, we worked on the cookies during Autumn’s nap, because it is just SO much easier… This year… we made MONSTER cookies, which have chocolate chips, M&M’s, peanut butter and oatmeal in them. You can also add raisins, but, ick, I… >> View Post
Elfie’s Last Visit on Christmas Eve
Well, Elfie decided it was time to pay his last visit to our home on Christmas Eve. Elfie is known for, well, making messes at our house… not that he means to… but, well, Elves are just messy by character. 3.5 year olds can be quite messy, too. Nathan has been getting more and more… >> View Post
Elf on the Shelf Sightings
Well, I have decided to post the rest of the Elf on the Shelf sightings in one blog post, since I haven’t been blogging as much as I would like… Elfie’s last visit is tomorrow, so I may have to do one final blog post after this one, but… here are photos of most of… >> View Post
Five Little Snowmen Handprint Ornament
When Nathan was 18 months, I found the cutest ornament idea online, where you take white paint and press their hand down on a clear ball ornament. Then, you decorate the fingers of the hand as little snowmen! It is such a precious keepsake and I made tons of them for family and friends… so,… >> View Post
Wordless Wednesday
After lots of practice, Nathan wrote his name on the DoodlePro Autumn WALKING – so precious Nathan with the White Elephant gift that I got at work. Elfie brought it one morning, letting Nathan know that Santa is watching him! Join Swagbucks to earn Amazon giftcards!
Randoms
Autumn has been taking more and more steps lately, and I think that as of today she is actually walking… She will take a good 5 steps to me now without falling on her hiney. So cute!!! She gets so excited while she is walking, and she is doing more and more of it… Yay!… >> View Post
Strawberry Spinach Salad with Poppyseed Dressing
It has been really busy around here with all of the Christmas activities going on, but I had to get on here to share a new salad that I have made for several Christmas parties. It is SO good, easy to prepare and… tasty! Yum! I am also planning on trying a couple of other… >> View Post
Saturday morning visit from Elfie
Nathan runs out of bed each and every morning in search for Elfie. Saturday morning Elfie decided to bring some special treats to our household… which was great, since we were still without a refrigerator… Nathan spots Elfie on the table… and what in the world is he on top of? Is that a Krispy… >> View Post