Category: December Daily

Traditions: Advent calendar. Craft: Christmas cards Decorating: Not exactly decorating, but preparing for Phill’s party. Singing: You guessed it: Away in a manger. Eating: Pancakes for breakfast! Organising: Phill’s party. Watching:  Emily riding her bike! She can just reach the pedals and can ride at least on the smooth floor inside. Receiving: A few birthday… Continue reading December Daily: Day 10

Tradition: Opening the advent calendar. Christmas lights on the tree. Craft: Christmas cards Singing: Away in a Manger (get the theme here?) Eating: Emily had her first hard boiled egg (that I know of) – she ate two whole eggs and was asking for more! Buying: Kebabs and some groceries for the party. Organising: Tidying… Continue reading December Daily: Day 9

Traditions: Getting locked out of the house! It happened last year as well! Thanks Michael for helping us out. Thanks to the next door neighbours for having us over in the mean time! Singing: Emily and Grandad S Singing away in a Manger Buying: I signed up for Karen Grunberg’s Reclaiming Your Time workshop  (50%… Continue reading December Daily: Day 8

Traditions: New tradition? Life group Christmas breakup. We had a present swap – I got a cool travel mug and Phill swapped to get a swear jar for work to raise funds for the Fathering Project. The bug zapper was a popular gift! Eating: The best peaches! Phill bought the fruit for playgroup again and… Continue reading December Daily: Day 7

The story today is all about Reindeer. He was a true favourite of Emily’s at 6 months, he came with a Christmas suit I bought at Target Kalgoorlie. See him on the windowsill? In 2010 he was packed away in storage. I never expected that he would be so well loved when he reappeared among… Continue reading December Daily: Day 6

Credits: Simple Template Album Template 5; Peace on Earth by Flergs and Eva Kipler available at Scrapbookgraphics; Stitch Mania by Karen Lewis Designz available at The Digichick; Fonts: Melissa’s HandFor more on my December Daily head over to http://decemberdaily.comTraditions: Opening the advent calendar.Craft: More pictures on the Advent calendar! Eating: Shepherd’s pie (well more like… Continue reading December Daily: Day 5

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

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