This year I am so excited to spend our first Christmas at home. Just us three in our own home getting to open up our presents. We’ll head off and visit our families too, but then we can head home when Emily is tired.We love spending time with the rellies, but this year feels like… Continue reading December Daily: Day 4
Month: December 2011
December Daily: Day 3
For more on my December Daily head over to http://decemberdaily.com Traditions: Explaining the Nativity Scene to Emily at Joondalup shops. Craft: Scrapbooking my Dec Daily Decorating: Got the lights working! Added a star to our tree for the first time! Singing: Angels we have heard on high Homemaking: Finishing the padded pelmets for our home.… Continue reading December Daily: Day 3
December Daily: Day 2
Emily you are so adorable! It is so sweet to hear you call out to any visitors we have to see out Christmas trees. You even put the baby’s stocking on the door handle of the baby’s room. You are starting to learn the Christmas story through the nativity scene and the advent calendar. You… Continue reading December Daily: Day 2
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas: December Daily 1
I was excited that the Brisbane Test Match against New Zealand was on – that way we were able to put out some decorations while listening to the cricket. Such a tradition for the Okelys. This year’s new decoration was opened just before 7am – a Fisher Price Little People Nativity Scene, complete with ‘toothfairy’… Continue reading It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas: December Daily 1
Making Headbands with Felt Embellishments
I saw some adorable Dear Lizzy felt details (Chatter Line) and thought they’d be perfect for Emily’s hair. So I: 1. Got some soft elastic and felt offcuts (thanks Mum!) 2. Tied the elastic to test what length to cut 3. Cut 4 pieces of elastic 4. Cut 4 pieces of white felt 5. Pulled… Continue reading Making Headbands with Felt Embellishments
Add An Attitude of Gratitude to Your Scrapbook | Log Your Memory
Add An Attitude of Gratitude to Your Scrapbook | Log Your Memory: As the weather is warming up here in Australia, I was mulling over this week’s challenge to document something I’d taken for granted. I wondered if I would miss the scorching hot summers of Kalgoorlie, where we had lived for the last few… Continue reading Add An Attitude of Gratitude to Your Scrapbook | Log Your Memory