awww, cordelia, you look so pretty in your holiday getup!
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i’m dreaming of a green christmas
whoa, life just got REAL busy, huh?
i’m feeling it. i know you’re feeling it, too. i keep reminding myself: “don’t just get stuff done, get the right stuff done.”
but anyway,
i was starting to let myself get sucked into the consumerism culture that is christmas this past weekend. my mind was dwelling on hypothetical presents darla should get so she doesn’t feel deprived when she is older. guffaw.
well, the universe knew what to do with me and put this book in my path. literally in my path when we spent monday at the library. i was reminded that christmas eve and day are the two most waste producing days of the year around the world. it brought me back to center.
my child does not need an abundance of toys or candy. she just needs a few carefully selected gifts and a whole lot of love.
i wrote a bit last year about our homemade decorations projects – our snowflakes from coffee filters and junk mail, our popcorn garlands, handmade wrapping paper from re-purposed darla art. I think we’ll carry on those traditions this year and add a few more. I came up with an advent calendar from some reused wrapping paper.
what about you? have you thought of ways to reduce your waste output this christmas? what tricks have you come up with?
Advent-ageous
hope you enjoyed the first day of december. hubster pulled the tree out late friday night and we finally set about chrissmafying the house. good times.
here’s just a bit of silly from our week:
darla as a balloon, stretching out the garland and chrismas fail.
giving good arting
well now i can finally share these projects our girl did for the grandparentals. they’ve been gifted and well received.
this was a nice project for darla. i have to admit i got a little micromanage maniac about the letters in the corner so i drained some of the fun out of it with being crazy but she had a good time with the rest of the canvas.
super simple.
put some stick on letters on a canvas. paint over them. pull them off. fun, personalized art. voila! art school here we come.
dolihaze
next up: tucker christmas
1. breakfast with grandpa at the abe martin lodge 2. displaying her latest talent which she calls “tick-tocking her eyes” 3. the beginning of a 24 hr winter wonderland 4. venturing out into the snow with grandpa 5. i want this hearth in my daily life 6. darla’s thinking ” and so this is christmas…and what have i done?….” 7. michael 8. Big Woods Brewing Company Cattail. mmmm yummy.
a commons holiday celebration
we finally figured out how to control our wild child last night: freeze her into submission.
we ventured to the columbus commons holiday fair for the opening night. mainly because of the fireworks. i will go to ANYTHING if fireworks are on the bill. it turned out to be quite a nice family event, even if we were all frozen solid after only an hour. i am yet to be disappointed by anything the columbus commons people have put together. I guess the only disappointment would be the overcrowded food truck fair they had in the summer but you can’t knock people for putting on too successful of an event. and i got my food truck fill last night. momma wins again.
well we got darla down to the fair long enough to ride the carousel, eat off some trucks and see the fireworks before splitting. darla was simply too cold to want to run around too much but despite that she was having a wonderful time. All Columbusites? Columbusans? Columbusonians? yeah i like columbusonians. All Columbusonians should try to check it out this weekend. here’s a schedule. take a looksie.
if you decide to go bring along your own hot beverages. the fair sold out last night and i wish we’d had some lovely hot cocoa to sip as we strolled through the lighted displays. I recommend the carnitas tacos at Mojo Taco truck and mike had the curried chicken fries from Tatohead. one of the tastiest things i’ve had in an aeon.
happy holidays!
homemade holiday decorations DOS
more family craftiness that i now sit back and say… “why did i think this was a good idea?”
we use a sombrero as a tree topper instead of a star or angel. why? i don’t know. it’s what we had handy last year. also, i think the traditions around the mexican christmas seem very fun and lively.
so we use a sombrero.
this year i thought it would be a good idea to hang streamers in festive mexican colors around the house.
it looks like a pinata threw up in here.
but it’s been fun and it’s certainly not something you see anywhere else. probably because it doesn’t really look that tasteful. but we have fun doing it!
it involves a lot of taping and cutting. the end result is rather festive, especially when coupled with a popcorn garland. regular christmas colors can get a little boring after a while. it’s also making me want to do a homemade pinata for christmas. they do that down in mexico for christmas, yes?
next year i’m doing this for the holidays
i’m loving this idea for an advent calendar from most lovely things. it’s giving me tons of ideas for reusing and upcycling materials. wish i’d have found it sooner!
stocking stuffers
over the next few weeks, i thought i would share a few of the stocking stuffers that darla will be receiving come christmas day. the internet is for sharing ideas, right?
i’m unnaturally excited about giving practical gifts, especially ones that promote loving mother earth.
momjeanz 