Tag: celebrations
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Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas to All! I have had a text from Canada about all the snow and pictures from Seattle showing the same. The closest we are getting to snow is the sugar variety on the top of our gingerbread house. I wish I could claim credit or this work of art but this was a…
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Gingerbread People
Every year I make some little sweet treats to give to good friends and the boys’ teachers. Every year I wonder why I do this to myself. My kitchen is now, quite literally, being invaded by gingerbread people, red iced heart shaped German Christmas cookies and spekulatius (Austrian I think) stars. Fortunately it’s all over…
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10 Years!
Today my darling husband and I are celebrating our 10th wedding anniversary. Wow I chose well, I could not imagine life without him and look forward to the next 10, 20, 30 and maybe even 40 years. I know, a little too sappy but definitely true. This photo is of the bouquets carried by myself…
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Birthday Month
February is birthday month in our house with birthdays on the 1st, 9th and today as my oldest is now 5! This could be another reason for my lack of blog entries this month. My boys had a joint party on Sunday and in keeping with tradition I made them birthday t-shirts. Usually I use…
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The Transformer That Doesn’t
Here’s a picture of the my eldest son holding his Christmas present from Santa. It’s now known in our house as the Transformer that doesn’t transform – this is also how he introduces it to friends and family. For the past 3 months he’s wanted one – so we got recommendations from other parents and…
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Birthday Tent
Well this is a first, I’ve never had a birthday tent built for me before. Last night my family and I had a belated birthday dinner for me with my oldest friend (we met when we were both 5) and her family. Her very creative husband put together this tent so all of us could…
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Seeing Stars
My boys’ day care centre recently celebrated its 20th Birthday. The boys handed over a dollar in a lucky dip and both came up with these sunglasses. I later learned that they were the only two pairs among the 50 prizes in the barrell! Are they seeing stars or am I?