Runs on Coffee and Cream

I picked this book up at a second-hand store. I had no idea Christmas With The Kranks was based on a book.

We've been walking to the nearby library to borrow blu-rays and graphic novels. I picked this one up and it was so adorable. I really liked it.

Snuggles wherever he can get them.

The turtles are getting big and I love catching them sunbathing together.

My adorable fluff ball.

I had to pick up Buddy the Elf to add to my Christmas Pop! collection.

Our finished gingerbread house.

I think this ornament is great. Natasha's hair is so huge and I love it.

A night of gift wrapping.

We're definitely going to have a white Christmas. The snow has shown up and it's not going anywhere.

It's bittersweet that Christmas is this weekend. It's going to be a fun weekend but it'll be over so soon.

xo Jen

A couple of weeks ago we had a nice evening in. We turned on the Christmas lights, put on Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and decorated our gingerbread house. It was a nice evening and I ended up with a great sugar high.  



 
We bought a smaller than normal gingerbread kit this year since we always have too many sweets during December. I was excited to find those gingerbread men gummies at the Bulk Barn to add to our house. But I can't figure out why they picked 'cookies and cream' as the flavour. Why not gingerbread?

It's insane we're now counting down the days until Christmas, and not weeks!
xo Jen

Every December there are a few things that I just have to squeeze in because they've become Christmas traditions. Some of these things are done with my family, some just with Adam, and some things are just for me. 

This Christmas season has been very different for me than usual. Where I'm working right now gets extremely busy during the holidays. So I have had to condense and cut back on some of my holiday traditions.

The one thing that got cut back was my Christmas baking. Normally I spend an entire day baking for a solid 8 hours. Typically 5 or 6 recipes are made. But this year I just made a couple of things that both me and Adam really enjoy. He requested basic shortbread cookies and sugar cookies. And for me I made my Mom's chocolate macaroons.



Last weekend, we also put together our gingerbread house. We stocked up on extra candy at The Bulk Barn and they had a big section with Christmas-themed candy that was perfect for gingerbread houses. I think it turned out great and we ended up with lots of leftover candy.




I spent part of my afternoon today watching Elf. Shortly I'll be off to go drink candy cane hot chocolate and read before I head to bed.

I hope everyone is having a great weekend!
xo Jen

What a crazy week! I cannot believe Christmas is this weekend! We have been squeezing in as much visiting and as many activities as we can while Adam is off school. We had our annual date at Swiss Chalet for the Festive Special and we finished our gingerbread house earlier this week. On the weekend we headed up to Belmont to visit family. We went into a town called Sparta... it was so cute! There's a bunch of vintage stores and small boutiques there where we did some shopping. We had lunch at an adorable tea house filled with tea pots.... like a gazillion tea pots lined the walls! Before heading back we stopped in at a farm called Winter Wheat. The entire building was filled with paintings... mainly of black and orange cats. It was too funny considering they all looked like Logan and Seymore. But the property was filled with art installations. I was told it was called 'agritainment'. It was so much fun! We even found a tiny building on the property where you could go inside to sit down. It was heated and there were cookies and coffee. It was so pretty!



Seymore was being such a brat the night I wrapped gifts.



Finally wearing my Blowfish Shoes booties!



We got a dusting of snow which disappeared rather quickly. It looks like we're going to have rain this Christmas :(


This is how busy the streets of Sparta were...


See? Logan and Seymore!




So Christmasy!



We drive by this house every time we come home from Hamilton. I love it!


Do you sleep with your foot in your face?




I'm gonna eat you...


Too beautiful to not take pictures of. The sky was amazing!



Well, I'll be off until after Christmas! I have a busy few days ahead of me!

Merry Christmas!
xo Jen

It's countdown to Christmas now. My hubby finishes up his exams today which means I get 3 weeks of holiday fun with him while he's off school. We have a dinner date tonight and plans to make a gingerbread house tomorrow and then we start our family visiting this weekend. I still have a few things left to bake over the next week as well. It's going to be so much fun <3





Have a great day!
xo Jen