SNOW strikes hard on the UK...really!!!

 Decorating our Christmas gingerbread ornament cookies with all the cousins over here is always fun...only little M was running around by our feet without patience to sit and place tiny silver balls on the icing...oh well...those pitter patter of feet will grow bigger very soon...and then we'll be waiting for the next little cousin to be on the move...my sister is expecting another one in January...busy times...the families are growing!

 this is Miss J's gingerbread house which she is right this moment as I type...stealing spaceships from and spiling sherbert ALL over the mantel...(SUCH fun!)

 Miss A needed a break from cookies and switched to play-doh for half an hour...

 then out came the lego...aaahhhh the lego...they both can play with this for hours upon hours...

 down went the Sun and out played the girls....we had another 15cm of snow yesterday afternoon...wonderful for us...not for travellers over here in the UK...they REALLY have NO idea how to function in the Snow...
LUCKILY Mr.R arrived early Sat morning and on time...3 hours later Gatwick and Heathrow closed down for the day...and I do beleive are still cancelling flights.

 Jumping in the snow never looked like SO much fun! Wouldn't that hurt ones knees though?

 I drew SNOW KINGS in the snow...and the girls made mazes and snow houses...

the trees are covered with with snow...as are all the roads...and the news can't stop talking about it.
England has a LOT to learn about how to deal with Winter conditions, but I don't think they want to pay out what they would need to to keep their Country running in these conditions....

How is the weather where you are?

Snowy wishes for a wonderful week...hey, perhaps we'll have a white Christmas!
HUGS
Char.x

CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS : gingerbread ornaments...

 every year when we visit my Scandi parents we make a fresh batch of Gingerbread ornaments for the tree...the tradition started 10 years ago...my parents moved into  their home and hadn't unpacked all their moving boxes....so ornaments for our tree were no-where to be found...

 so out came the flour and rolling pins...cookie cutters and aprons...we decided we would make the ornaments out of gingerbread cookies.We have continued this each year when we come over for the Holidays...as the girls get older...they get more and more excited.

 this year we bought ready made dough from AHEM(Ikea) ...this cut our time in half and we were able to make ALL the cookies yesterday...
The hearts have already been eaten...we have stars,angels,trees,snowflakes and houses to decorate this afternoon.

 my Mama loves to help out...which the girls love too!

what have you been baking lately?

Ok...back to decorating...I have a little lady tugging at my arm saying "I'm ready!!PLEASE Mummy...now?!"
Cinnamon HUGS
Char.x

6 TODAY!

I can hardly believe that 6 years has past so quickly...this morning our little A came and woke me up with the BIGGEST beaming smile ever! I asked if she would keep that smile on her face from now on because it was SUCH a pretty one...she just smiled more.

"Mummy, have I grown...am I bigger now?"

We chatted about when she was a baby and  how cute she was...I told her about when she was born her hair was so long that the nurses put a bow in her hair...she giggled.

Our morning was a quiet one, we opened a couple of pressies from Mormor & Morfar...Jordan opened one too...her Birthday is so close that really, if they receive a couple of presents on eachothers birthdays...it makes them happy!

As pointed out by my Dad this morning after having sent a GAZILLION pictures from our Florida trip recently...there were no good ones of Little Miss A and her missing teeth...so this one is for you Dad & Mum!

Thanks for the beautiful dresses from you too...they're from Monsoon...such a gorgeous shop for kids clothes. (the aprons are made by Jenny in Ohio...when she opens her Etsy Shop I will post about her!)

time to bake...cookies for Little Miss A's class.

YUM...the best part...

...sitting on the kitchen counter and helping Mum with cakes make for SUCH great memories!!

Then the phone calls started rolling in...for some reason she didn't mind speaking to the dozen calls which were for her this morning.

Time for school...and now I have to go back to pick her up.

We found the cookie recipe HERE...I think I'll use it again, they turned out really well...although I'm going to alow for cooling before baking next time.

We put half chocolate chips and half tootsie rolls cut up(tootsie rolls are like caramel toffee sweets)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY sweet miss A...I love you with ALL my heart, always and forever.

To all you fabulous readers...remember TODAY is the LAST day to take advantage of my BOGO free offer on all my ETSY PRINTS...quick quick...don't miss out on the opportunity!

HUGS

Char,ON