I know I've been promising to post pictures from all my summer activities, but that's not going to happen for a while. It's almost Christmas, and right now it just seems appropriate to talk about Christmas-y things.
{ After the holidays I will be in summer-mode again and will most likely need to post things about summer (maybe it will make summer be here sooner?!) }
I may have mentioned earlier how much I hate cold weather, which is a completely true statement. But, I won't say that I hate winter, because that's not really true. In fact, these are some things I enjoy about winter..... - Buying holiday-flavored coffee drinks - Decorating for the holidays
- Spending extra time with family and friends - Cooking and baking for holiday meals
- Christmas movies - Looking at Christmas lights - Cuddling - Skiing - Holiday parties
- Christmas break (yea, teachers get 2-3 weeks off!) - Shopping - Making a Winter To-Do list
Speaking of to-do lists, B and I made an epic list this year. It's been pretty fun completing it. Here are some pictures of the things we've done so far.... (I haven't figured out how to make my pictures look artsy and cool yet because I hate figuring out technology).
* Making dinner together. PW style, duh.
* Making a homemade gingerbread house. FYI, gingerbread is not easy to make from scratch. It was quite the fiasco...
* Royal icing for the gingerbread house.... perfect for sticking candies to the house!* The gingerbread house.... notice the chimney with Santa!
* I can't take credit for the lights on his house, but I DID help light the tree in his front yard! We are proud, not gonna lie. As I figure out how to put the pictures in order and make them look cool (I'm sure it's really easy), I'll post more of our winter activities. I know you're on the edge of your seat waiting with excitement.
Being a cold-weather-hater, I find it much more enjoyable to have fun things like this to look forward to. In case you need inspiration, some other things on our list include- watch Christmas movies, volunteer, buy Angel Tree gifts, go Caroling, bake, play in the snow, make peppermint bark, wrap gifts, make ornaments, hot tub, go to a parade, etc.....
I found my gingerbread house recipe and pattern here:
Some of my pieces cracked, so I used "sugar glue" (burn sugar in a sauce pan until it's liquid- careful it's piping hot!) to paste it back together. It looks awful, but the pieces stayed together and the house is solid!I definitely burned two fingers...[[ See above for our final project. Although the pieces look disgusting, the outside of the house
looks absolutely magical! ]]
Speaking of "magical", I went to the PAC today to watch the Nutcracker Ballet with mom, grandma, and Aunt P. Mom and I have been going since I was about 6 years old, bringing along special guests almost every time. It's so fun for us- getting dressed up, going downtown, watching the ballerinas in amazement, the music, the scenes, the ballet outfits, the Nutcracker.... I just love it! I don't know why I never took ballet as a child, but I should have. I'm sure I'd be a great ballerina...?
Countdown to Christmas: 14 days!
Enough said.
