Christmas Goodies

This year, instead of passing out edible treats, I made little ribbon ornaments for my friends.

Do they look familiar?  I posted a tutorial in October for Halloween ornaments, and these are basically the same thing.  I glued the paper circles on these instead of using the double-sided tape, and cut the angles on the ends of some of the ribbon differently, but they are made with the same construction techniques.

On the backs of them I glued a circle of cardstock and wrote a little personal greeting and the year on each one.  Not as yummy for the tummy, but hopefully a little eye candy is just as nice.

There's something so irresistably festive about stripes and polka-dots.  Love it.

I told my Facebook friends I'd post a picture of the PJs I made for the kids this year, so here it is!  They're a little big, but my kids grow so fast I have to make them that way.  Every year on Christmas Eve the kids get to open one present, and it's almost always Christmas pajamas.  I usually buy them, but since I had this cute penguin flannel on hand I really wanted to make matching pants this year.  Things have been so crazy busy I didn't have a chance to make them until the night before Christmas Eve.  Since Hazel's been staying up so late this past week, I wasn't able to start sewing until after she went to bed, and after I wrapped all the kid's presents.  Needless to say, it was an extremely late night ( I almost saw the sunrise) but hey - gotta do whatcha gotta do, right?  Luckily Steve was home on Christmas Eve so I got to sleep in bigtime.  Hurray for that!  
 
Our Christmas Eve and Day were very low-key and quiet (as quiet as one can expect with three little ones hopping about!) which was nice.  I've been rush-rushing so much this month it was a relief to have some relatively calm family time.  I made a traditional ham dinner tonight with all the "fixins" which Steve was delighted about but my kids described with words such as "Disgusting!" and "Gross!" and "You expect me to eat that?!"  I felt like Calvin's mom (from Calvin and Hobbes, the best comic strip ever written, by the way) times 3 (sigh).  My kids are hopelessly picky, despite our requirements to have them take a "courtesy bite" of everything on their plate.  Now I know how my mom used to feel - I used to do the same thing to her.  Hmmm...maybe this has something to do with the "curse" she placed on me when I was naughty about how my children were going to be just as bad or worse when I grew up, so I'd better improve my behavior! Of course I just laughed it off as a child, but I wonder.... :-)

Anyway, I hope everyone has had a wonderful Christmas Day, wherever in the world you are.  May the peace and goodwill of Christmas time last throughout the year in your hearts.

Comments

[Sarah Cresap]

Oh my goodness! My kids are just like that with any foods besides nuggets! What a relief that we're not the only ones. Our rule is keep your comments to yourselves and make your own dinner if you don't like what Mom made. Cole told me the other night, "I'm getting really tired of making my own dinner. Why do I always have to do that?" Me, "Hhmmmm...." Not fair, neither Clint and I were picky eaters as kids, so why us?

[Angie Evenson]

I had to laugh, same story at our house. My kids had a very special Christmas dinner of Kraft macaroni and cheese. Of course I did the traditional ham dinner and sides also. Honestly it was such a nice day that it didn't feel like it was going to be worth the fight. So I made the kids dinner first and they ate happily while I out the finishing touches on ours. They came in and nibbled a bit but I think they were just waiting on the pies. ;)

[Angie Evenson]

Almost forgot, thank you for the darling ornament. Love it!

[Morgen]

I made my kids matching flannel pajama pants too! The night before Christmas Eve... sigh, I can never get things done in a timely fashion! I put matching applique first initials on their shirts to match. I love to follow your blog, you do some amazing work! Hope your new year is wonderful!