Busy day today though we stayed at home I have been on my feet all day.........
Unfortunately Mark had to work today, fortunately he was able to work from home and has Tuesday off!
So me and the kids entertained ourselves in the kitchen for most of the day so he could get on with work and be on the phone in peace! I have lost track of how many times today I cleaned the kitchen and wiped surfaces over! Also, thank goodness for dishwashers!
Unfortunately Mark had to work today, fortunately he was able to work from home and has Tuesday off!
So me and the kids entertained ourselves in the kitchen for most of the day so he could get on with work and be on the phone in peace! I have lost track of how many times today I cleaned the kitchen and wiped surfaces over! Also, thank goodness for dishwashers!
Firstly I gave them a card each and the glitter glue and sequins
...............and they made Mark a Christmas card each.
Secondly they iced a Christmas cake each............
...........and later on in the day (once we had popped to Asda for silver balls) decorated them too.
Here is Roman's which he wanted to give to grandma and grandad......
Here is Anais' which is for home.......
They are decorated with silver balls, edible glitter and a "handcrafted by" tag.
Roman has been asking for ages to make gingerbread men and hang them on the tree so we made some dough.....
.......they cut Christmas shapes out of them......
........................baked them...............
...............here they are cooling down. Anais' are on the left and Roman's are on the right.
They decorated them.............
...........threaded Christmas twine through them.........
........and hung (the ones that holes didn't close up!) them on the tree!
N.B. to self - next time make BIG holes so they don't close up when they bake.
N.B. to self - next time make BIG holes so they don't close up when they bake.
A picture of the others.......
I used this recipe and it made a huge amount of dough so we put half of it in the freezer to make more next Saturday when Mark is working again.
Anais and Roman say "thank you nanny for the Christmas things to make"........
.....this afternoon when we got home from delivering the Christmas cake and gingerbread biscuits to mom and dads house, Mark sat down to make them with the kids.
Here is Anais'......
Here is Anais'......
Here is Roman's.........
This afternoon we exchanged Christmas cards though Mark still has to make mine......
Thought I would share what the kids wrote inside my Christmas cards - they both made me cry! I am SO lucky!
Here is what Anais wrote...
Thought I would share what the kids wrote inside my Christmas cards - they both made me cry! I am SO lucky!
Here is what Anais wrote...
Here is what Roman wrote - typically food orientated!
This afternoon I made another 2 quick "handcrafted by" tags.......
........and found a lone hair grip so made a quick crochet bow to put on it.
This evening I finished crocheting the second grey granny square (first grey granny square I started here). Tomorrow I will crochet them together and it will be my final homemade present for ? for Christmas!
And now after a busy day time to settle down and relax with a well deserved glass of mulled wine!
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