Simple Gift Giving for Christmas

When asking a child what they'd like for Christmas here's a simple philosophy that I enjoy following:

something they WANT, something they NEED, something to WEAR and something to READ ...

• something they WANT (toys of course Mum!)
• something they NEED (could be as simple as new underwear; or a bigger pair of ice-skates for school)
• something to WEAR (the request was a "crocodile t-shirt" ... Santa's still working on this; or some Christmas pyjamas)
• something to READ (this year my son requested the letters V, W, X, Y and Z just like the caricature's at school ... another tricky problem for Santa to solve!)

Christmas dance moves 2014

at home, and at school ...

Christmas at Home 2014

the tree is trimmed with trinkets and we're waiting for Santa

School on a snowy day ...

Christmas in Old Quebec 2014

it's the most magical time of the Year!

Spider Costume - easy to make

Items Needed:

• 1x pair of Black pants
• 1x long sleeved black shirt (we used a long-sleeved plain cotton t-shirt for indoors and a polo-fleece as it was only 4 degrees outside at night)
• Two pairs of black knee-high socks (stuffed with plastic bags)
• Black wool (for the spider web effect)
• Extras:- a spider cape and spider hat (from Dollarama)

1. Stitch or tape the stuffed black socks into place, along the side of the black shirt (as spider legs)
2. Stitch the wool in place, to the "legs" (this creates an effect of a spider web, and helps lift the legs up when the child holds up their arms) and VOILA!

Note: the 1st and 4th set of legs are the shirt and pant legs

For Kids Who Love LEGO!

We're now following Evan and his sister, Jillian 

who have their own site for kids who love LEGO.  

Watching Evan has inspired my son to 

build and re-build his own play sets of LEGO.