Hot Chocolate on a Stick

I was looking through some photos from Christmastime in years past and I found a cute Neighbour/Friend gift that I made back in 2011 that I had never shared on the blog! As soon as I saw this idea of "Hot Chocolate on a Stick" with homemade marshmallow squares on top, I knew I wanted to try it!

I didn't take photos of the process of making the chocolate, but you can find instructions for making the chocolate here. I did take photos while making the marshmallows and you can find that post and tutorial for homemade marshmallows here.

After making those two recipes, you just stack a marshmallow on top of a cube of chocolate and stick a sucker stick through it, then dip it into a little plastic bag (you can find the sticks and bags at Michaels or Bulk Barn). Then I tied them up with a ribbon and attached a little printed note that I made and printed from my computer. The font on the front of the tag (with the little snowflakes) is called Frosty and is free to download.

I thought this was such a cute idea!  Thought you might agree and wanted to share :)

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Jo Totes Siena Bag Review & Giveaway

There's a giveaway up on the blog right now that's pretty awesome- it's the Christmas Wish List Giveaway and among other things, this year it includes a Jo Totes Siena bag! I unpacked it, took photos, and packed it up again for the winner of the giveaway because I wanted to be able to share it with you more closely!

Isn't she lovely? ;)



There's a flat zipper pocket on the back of the bag:

Christmas Wish List Giveaway!

22 amazing bloggers from 2 countries have gotten together to offer 22 prize packages for this year's Christmas Wish List Giveaway! Each blogger has gathered some of their favourite items from their own wish list and put together a gift for you!

Visit each blog to see what items are included in their prize.  Every blogger has a separate giveaway that you must enter on their own site, to win their prize package.  You might win more than one!

Giveaways open to Canada will have a little Canadian flag in the top corner of their image (above).  If there is also an American flag that means that giveaway is open to both countries. Most of the giveaways are open to the U.S. only (no flag on image).

December 2014 Sharing Time - Week 1

Welcome to December's Sharing Time Linky!

First, our week in review:

This week I posted about what we're doing for our Christmas Advent this year.

Earlier this week, Katrina wanted Elsa Hair!

..and let me just tell you that you'll want to stop by the blog tomorrow! There's something very special happening here for Christmas!

Now, on to the link party- I can't wait to see what you share! :)

Please join the Raising Memories Sharing Time & add a link to your latest and greatest blog posts
about activities to do with your children or fun projects that you have done!

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Elsa Hair

Yesterday the girls wanted "Frozen Hair".  Talia wanted "Anna Hair" and Katrina wanted "Elsa Hair".

I'm so happy I worked on my french braiding skills when Talia was younger

(I'm lucky she had such long, straight hair!) because this wasn't a difficult wish to fulfill ;)

Once you've got french braiding down, you can get a little bit more creative with how and where you place them on the head.  (Here's a little inspiration for braiding variations, no matter what skill level you're at- it's fun to look at how young my kids were in some of those pictures!).

For Talia I did two regular braids (but by that time, we had run out of time for pictures and had to hurry to the bus stop!) and for Katrina, I did this wrap-around side-braid and was really happy with it!

I have learned that her hair will NOT stay in a braid by itself very well (it slips right out and has more short pieces than Talia's hair has), so I sprayed it well with hair spray.  We have some sparkly hair spray left over from Halloween, so that is a favourite with the girls, especially when trying to channel a Disney princess/queen!!

Do you have Frozen fans at your house?

We have a Frozen birthday party coming up for my new 6 year old and I'll have lots of photos of our party and preparation to share with you in the new year! :)

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Simple Scripture Advent for Kids

I painted a Wooden Christmas Tree Advent last year.  Today is December 1st, so it's time to get it out and I realized that I didn't have a plan for what I would put in the drawers yet!  I knew that my Mother-in-law had purchased advent calendars for the girls with chocolate in them, so I didn't want to put treats in it.  Instead, I started searching the internet for scripture advents.

I was happy to find a list of scriptures (only a few verses per day) and simple questions to be used for each day of December here.  (I love the internet and the way that blogs allow us to share our great ideas with each other!)

I copied and pasted Angie's list into a Word document, printed them and cut them into strips. The drawers of my advent are filled and I'm happy to have an easy way to keep the real meaning of Christmas at the forefront of each of our days this month!

Do you do any sort of advent for Christmas?  What do you put in it?

Do you do something special to focus on the real meaning of Christmas?

I'd love to hear about what you do!

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Here's another Christmas Advent idea, using Halloween Candy!

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