{five stars}

Everyone should read this classic. I finally did and absolutely loved it. What an amazing story.

I'm giving it five out of five stars.

(I skipped the history chapters that just gave background to the story but weren't part of the story.)

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{christmas gift ideas}

Some Christmas gift ideas:

Make a personalized coloring book for a little one.

If you don't have Photoshop, you can use Photoscape. It's free to download: Photoscape photo editing program

Photoscape is really easy to use. With one click of a button, you can make your photos into coloring pages.

photos into coloring pages



Make an octopus from a sock.

sock octopus



An elephant lamp by Zoolight.

you can buy it here



We love the Octonauts books. Super cute!



Marshmallow stars for hot chocolate. Wrapped cutely.

marshmallow snowflakes

Cuter than cute paperclips.

These were sold out where I found them from but here's a source for other cute paperclips:

paperclips

Cute salad bowl.

buy it here



Who wouldn't like a super cute handmade purse? I would. Feel free to sew one and send it to me. :)

Can't find the source for this photo but there are many patterns online for cute bags.



 These are on my "some day" list. Cake stand and candle holder by aarikka.

aarikka also sells these cute (word of the day :)) elfs. Various kinds. Me lovey.



Kids could make something like this for their daddy's workplace.



This is super sweet if you have just had a baby.

Santa & snowman chocolate bars for kids' friends or cousins.

instructions

Happy 1st of December everyone! :)

{i am a ninja}

 Make star cookies, not star wars!



Pictures of divers. :D

If you follow me on Pinterest, you've seen these already. Worth repeating. :)

{gingerbread man game}

Want a simple Christmas game for little ones?

Print out as many of these gingerbread men as there are players.

Use M&M's as game pieces.

Everyone takes turns rolling a dice. Person covers the number they get with a M&M. The winner is the person who covers all their numbers first.

Everyone gets to eat their M&M's. :)

{november flowers}

Check out this cute lunch i made for Sienna today. Do you think i earned any great mom points? :)

{more FREE Christmas printables}

FREE printables.

Not for sale. Personal use only.

The only thing I ask is that if you end up using these and show them on your blog, please include a link to this posting.

Thanks! :)



{advent calendar, snowmen, an elephant, the best muffins ever...}

Finished making our advent calendar. I'm so done with the traditional red/green Christmas colors.



We made some t-paper roll snowmen.



Such a simple thing - a snowman made out of cardboard - yet I love it so much.



T-paper roll elephant.



Love, love, love this crayon/glitter watercolor/acrylic paint fingerprints snowman.



Saw this online and I had to make one to see if I could do it.



Delicious Muffins

2 cups (5dl) all-purpose flour

1 cup (2,5dl) sugar

2 tsp (10ml) baking soda

2 tsp (10ml) cinnamon

1/4 tsp (1-2ml) salt

2 cups (5dl) carrots, shredded

(I buy mine already shredded to save my fingers)

1/2 cup (125ml) raisins

2 apples, shredded or finely chopped

3 eggs

2 bananas, mashed

2 tsp (10ml) vanilla

Preheat oven to 350F (175C). Grease or line 20 muffin cups with paper liners.

In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Stir in the carrots, raisins and apples.

In a separate bowl, beat together the eggs, mashed bananas and vanilla. Stir the egg mixture into the carrot/flour mixture, mixing just until moistened.

Scoop batter into prepared muffin cups. Bake for 20 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of a muffin comes out clean.

Try not to eat too many. :)