Wow Mama!!!

Going through the motions of the holidays while living back in my home town is quite nostalgic for me. I find myself reliving bits of peices of my childhood from sledding with my old friends to that quiet feeling in our house in the early morning hours that held promises of excitment and childhood joy.

One of the many traditions I resurected for my daughter was a trip to the La Salette shrine in Enfield, a few towns over from me.

They host an incredible Christmas light show every single year... complete with life sized nativity scenes and a quaint Catholic chapel built of rough hewn lumber with open beams and old fashioned latern chandeliers... If your craving an old fashioned country Christmas, you would want to spend your time in this chapel... it is breathtaking.

Rowan took one look out the car window however at the lights....and that was all she really cared about..... "Wow Mama!!"

Wow Mama!!!

Christmas Crafts with a Preschooler

Its cold as hell out there today... so despite how tempting it would be to grab the sled and run out the door for some fresh air, we've been confined to the house.

To occupy The Terror I whipped out some paint, popsicle sticks and glitter.... let the Christmas glitter explosion begin!

Sled, snowflakes and framed Rowan art


Popsicle stick gingerbread house, this is my side


and this is Rowan's :)

Christmas Buddy

Even if he is a P.I.T.A, he's still pretty darn cute.

More of my crochet ornament garland

This project is so fun, and I love how fast these little ornaments work up. :)

Christmasy goodness.

Wordless Wednesday

Getting Festive

Sorry I've been away so long! I've been up to a lot of things lately and therefore have been super busy! I've done a lot of Christmas Crafting including an Advent Christmas Ornament Crochet along, some home made gifts for family and lots and lots of baking, cocoa drinking and snuggling of course!

So I'll leave you with a butt load of pictures... wow? Did I really just say butt load on my blog??? Yup, yup I did....

An attmept at a self Christmas portrait... blah, we'll be redoing this.



Advent Ornament Crochet a Long


Buddy loves the snow!!


Over the river and through the woods to find our tree we go! (Rowan and grampa)
(yes, us rednecks go out into the woods and chop down a "wild" tree) hehe



We had to cut down a 40 foot tree because I liked the top of it hehe


Snowy woods



Not bad for free :)



Add some bows and decorations....




And... Tada!