Baking is Done... now I can say Merry Christmas!!

So every year I go a little bit crazy baking for us and everyone. At the end of it all, I always say, "never again!" But here I am again :o)

So this year, we made giant gingerbread boys (which still have to be decorated with jube jubes and m&ms).   

We ended up making a lot of gingerbread which the kids helped to decorate.

 
We filled up some Ikea Burken jars with cookies (inspired by this post at One Chic Mom) and wrapped them with bows before handing them out.

We ended up making the coconut treats from that post too.  More on that at a later date...

We also made some sugar cookies which are iced and ready to be packed too.

I'm done!!!!   I am hanging up my baking apron for the next couple of days.  Merry Christmas and Happy 2013!

It's Beginning to Look a lot like Christmas!

Christmas is coming up pretty soon so we've been doing lots of Christmas-y things at our house.  Sewing has taken a bit of a backburner as a result.

We don't have snow but we have a Christmas Tree!

We took the kids to see Raffi at Roy Thomson Hall.   Hubby and I grew up listening to songs like Baby Beluga and Bananaphone.   Now our kids are listening to him.  It was a fantastic show!

Made a couple (or more...) trips to visit Santa

We mailed out our Christmas cards early this year.  I got some fantastic cards from Thunderpeep Designs, a local Toronto shop on ETSY.

We wrote letters to Santa

Then to practice his handwriting, Josh wrote Christmas cards for his classmates and we stuck some candy canes onto the envelopes.

I got presents for his teachers... nothing handmade this year but maybe next year with better planning!

In between all of that, we got a new front door!

Happy Christmas and hope you're spending some time with family,

Yellow Train Toddler Backpack

Earlier this November, I took my last toddler backpack order for the season.  This one is for my friend Monique's nephew.  He loves yellow so she asked me to make him a yellow backpack with a train on it.  It's been a while since I made the train but I still love it.

Planning it out

 
Finished product

 

Great to wear with yellow boots

Or spidey boots

I forgot to take a pic of the lining but I used stars and stripes like this one.

Time to get ready for Christmas and Free Shipping Day Canada on Wednesday December 12!