December is over and so is 2014

In addition to our regular play dates...

• We took the boys to see Santa and to get their picture taken. There were no tears!
• We went to Wonders of Winter at Waterloo Park.
• We went to the O'Leary Christmas Open House. It's a great annual tradition!
• I grabbed dinner with the soccer team after one of our games. 
• We went to the Christmas social at Nick's day care.
• Nathan had his 6 month needles.
• I went to my staff party. Tacky sweater all the way!   
• Nick's soccer wrapped up. We are starting swimming in January!
• We got together with the Gander's for some nog, wine and treats.
• I went to the Christmas concert at my school. Elf themed!
• I had dinner with 2 teaching friends. We have been doing this Christmas dinner for 9 years now! 
• We traveled to Kingston for Dan's Great Uncle's wake. RIP Giovanni.
• We spent Christmas Eve in our own house for the first time ever. We'll likely do this every other year from now on. Dan's parents and sister and her boyfriend stayed with us too.
• On Christmas day we went to Courtice for supper and a sleepover. Wonderful Christmas memories! 
• I went to the Dentist. Love evening appointments. So convenient.
• We hosted the E's for New Years. Good friends and good food! 

Xo,
Meg

Cork Reindeer

I got crafty this year and made cork reindeer ornaments. There are many variations on Pinterest.

You need:

• Glue gun
• Corks (3.5 per ornament so drink up!)
• Pom Poms
• Googly eyes
• Ribbon
• Pipe cleaners

Cut the corks with a knife and glue on an angle for feet. The eyes, antlers, nose and ribbon are all glued where you like them. So cute!

I love them! 

Hope everyone had a great Christmas (we sure did) and all the best in 2015!

Xo,
Meg

Bananas for Mommy

Another cute comparison. Nicholas was definitely chunkier than Nathan.

Nicholas is 8 months old in this picture and has a tooth. Nathan is 1 day shy of 7 months in this picture. 

Xo,

Meg

Santa!

Nicholas and Santa... through the years:

Age 1

Age 2

Age 3

Xo,
Meg

November!

In addition to the regular play dates...

• I went to a craft sale at Dan's work.
• We had a play date at McDonalds Play Place with M and her kiddos.We also went to their house for a play date.
• We got a new stove! It took two tries but we finally have one!
• I had a few coffee and tea dates. 
• The Hunt's came to visit. We went to the night time Santa Claus parade in Cambridge. 
• Nathan and I went to Dumb and Dumber To. He's gotten too wiggly and active for these movies now!
• We had a play date with Marianne and her girls out in Elmira.
• I visited school and had lunch with my co-worker E!
• We bottled another batch of wine. Amarone :)
• We hosted a "2nd Thanksgiving" the weekend of American Thanksgiving. 
• We went and got our Christmas tree!

Xo,
Meg

Mad Men Thanksgiving

We hosted a 2nd Thanksgiving dinner at our place tonight with friends. We got the idea while watching an episode of Mad Men a few weeks ago. We all shared the cooking and it was yummy! 

Making an Old Fashioned

Xo,
Meg

Pretty Little Stove

We originally ordered a Kenmore stove from Sears. It came damaged.

I declared my hatred for Sears but we ended up giving them a second chance after they price matched TA.

Here's the new one. It's a GE.

Bring on the Christmas baking!

Xo,
Meg