Toilet Paperin

I admit it...I stole this elf on the Shelf idea from my cousin Amanda.  Last night, I Tp'ed my kids bedroom...and man was it fun!  I stuck Cookie on the fan, along with her Santa Lantern and a note that said, WOw, that was fun!
Today, I made up some Snowman Soup in packets to keep on hand and give out at will....meaning, when I see someone who needs some cheering up, I have something at hand to give them!

It has been a VERY crazy week( isnt it always) so I apologize for being behind!
Tonight ...Mary Poppins with my kiddo and my neice( who turns 18 tomorow!)

Cookie and Comet and Santa and Sleigh Rides ( er....sorta)

So, Audrey found Cookie outside riding Comet our reindeer this morning....but it was much too cold to keep Cookie outside, so we brought her in and let her sit on the wreath while Audrey was in school.

Today, I finished the cute trail size snowman bar wraps and made a few scarves for Audreys teachers.
This evening, we met the Natales at the Silver Spring Fire Hall.
The weather went from "no need to wear a coat" to "frikkin freezing" by the time 6 pm rolled around.

We stood in line for a sleigh ride, but realized after 40 minutes in line, that the rides were taking a little longer than we thought, so we decided to skip the ride and go inside.
Inside, we found a shortened line to see Santa. We wrote him a letter during our wait. He gave us an orange and a candy cane for stopping by.

The event was nice. they had a chorus and band, crafts and free hot chocolate.  

We will get a sleigh ride eventually, but the visit with the Big Man was worth the trip.

PS: what did Audreys list say....Doc McStuffins....who else?  LOL!

Weeeeeeeee....

cookie was found sliding down the banister today on her own little sled.

Our helpful hint today:

Take a ring, punch a hole in the christmas cards from friends as they come in the mail, no need to sort the cards, they are ring bound, easy!

Whoopie Pies

This is my first attempt at Whoppie Pies.  It was actually VERY simple.
Make a chocolate cake mix. Spoon the mix like you would cookie dough onto a tray.
Bake at 325 until they rise like cookies.
Spoon a 1/2 cream cheese 1/2 buttercream icing mixture and put together like a sandwich.
I made these for Audreys Pageant tomorrow night.

YUM!

Gone Fishin'

Audrey found cookie with a freshly caught swedish fish in the bathroom sink this morning.

Here is the nativity scene from Silver Spring Presbyterian Church Live drive thru nativity

A sleigh ride addition to the calendar of events

My friends at Kniselys in Carlisle will be offering horse drawn sleigh rides around Childrens Lake on Sundays starting at 1 pm from now until Christmas Eve.
Something fun to enjoy!

a DICKENS of a weekend

We are freshly back from Dickens of Christmas in Wellsboro, PA .  What a beautiful weekend. The weather was right and the celebration was super.
We took Cookie along, and I forgot to to snap pictures.  However, she ended up hanging from Mom Mom's chandelier and resting on her shelf.  She traveled back home with us today on this awesome birch reindeer that I wanted and Jimmy bought me as a surprise.

We found some really cute craft ideas at Dickens that are certainly worth sharing
A bent handle painted spoon ornament! Super cute, great way to up-cycle. They had gingerbread faces, stars, the paint overlay was very sparkly.

I also found "Snowman Soup", which contains 1 packet of hot cocoa, hershey kisses, marshmallows, and a candy cane.  Love this as a little surprise!

Tonight, we went to Silver Spring Presbyterian Chruch in Mechanicsburg for a drive thru nativity. The luminaries were placed along the road through their church campus, which were beautiful. They offered their own radio channel to listen to music and narration, which was super cool.  I unhooked audrey from her car seat and let her sit on my lap, only to realize that we were driving a little too quickly passt the live nativity, so we only got to look for like 10 seconds.  Overall, a nice very quick trip!