12 days of Christmas ( Day 12)

As much as I have enjoyed doing the 12 days of Christmas for both of my kids teachers, I am glad it is over lol. Day 12 was by far the simplest day of all but also the most expensive. I really hope the teachers enjoyed these last 12 days!

Here is Day 12.

12 Days of Christmas ( Day 11)

I think Day 11 is one of my favorites. You can make it out to be whatever you want. We sent in  candy and some stuff that I had left over from my last craft show.

12 Days of Christmas ( Day 10)

I honestly can't believe how much the girls are enjoying this. I think they may be disappointed when this week if over lol.
For Day 10 we did something simple again but useful ( especially in cold and flu season!)

12 Days of Christmas ( Day 9)

Here is Day 9. You can send in any healthy treat that you want. We sent in peppermint yogurt covered raisins.

12 Days of Christmas ( Day 8)

I totally forgot to take a picture this morning before the girls left for school but here is the poem for Day 8.

On the 8^th day of Christmas, my elf came marching up my way,

with a yummy package of brownies, to get me through my day!!

Here are the brownies we sent in

12 Days of Christmas ( Day 7)

Well we made it through the first 7 days. The girls are still so excited to take gifts in everyday and I know the teachers are loving it to. I have did my best to make them nice but not really expensive gifts.

Here is Day 7

12 Days of Christmas ( Day 6)

We woke up to a 2 hour delay today since temps were 0 and the wind chill was in the negatives. I think I am already sick of winter and it has just gotten started! The only good thing about the 2 hour delay was the fact that I had a little more time to put together the gifts for Day 6. I had a horrible headache last night and didn't get it done.
Here you go!

12 Days of Christmas ( Day 5)

It has been so cold and snowy here in Indiana that I am really surprised we have gotten all 5 days in so far. Luckily the snow falls on the weekend so my girls don't miss school ( and don't miss taking in their presents!) They were excited for today because they love stuff from Bath and Body Works. I had bought numerous bottles of soap and let them pick out the one they wanted.
Here is Day 5

If anyone else is doing the 12 days of Christmas I would love to know how it is going.

12 days of Christmas ( Day 4)

Are you ready for Day 4? Here it is!!

12 Days of Christmas ( Day 3)

Here is the poem for day 3!

On the 3^rd day of Christmas my elf brought to me,

A very special Christmas ornament,
to hang on my Christmas tree!!

( I still have to attach the poem to it)

Check back tomorrow for Day 4!

12 days of Christmas for teachers (Day 2)

I was afraid we weren't going to get Day 2 in  because of all the snow we got here in Indiana but we lucked out with a 2 hour delay. We got about 4 inches this morning and we have snow coming down again!! I hope it clears out before my craft show tomorrow.

Anyways, both girls came home excited and said their teachers thought this was neat and asked if they were going to bring them a present every day! Of course they got to say yes!
Here is the poem for day 2

Did you miss Day 1? Here it is

12 days of Christmas for Teachers ( Day 1)

I have been wanting to do the 12 days of Christmas for my girls' teachers for a couple of years now and this year I finally managed to get it together Some of the ideas I found online and just changed the wording , the other ones I made up on my own. Today was the 1st day and we sent in cupcakes ( I forgot to take a picture before I wrapped them)

I will post what they take every day but if you want the whole 12 days e-mail me at twocraftingmoms@gmail.com and I will be happy to send it to you!

thanksgiving dinner

So what is everyone having for thanksgiving dinner?  Here is what we are having
Deep fried Turkey
Roasted turkey
Mashed potatoes
Green beans made by one of my mother in laws
Stove top stuffing
homemade stuffing by my room mate
broccoli casserole
Deviled eggs
cheesy corn 
cranberry Jelly from the can  
dinner rolls
pecan pie
pumpkin pie
chocolate pie
coconut cream pie
chocolate cake
fudge
egg nogg
sweet iced tea
I am making cake and pies tonight.  Then working on all the other stuff tomorrow.  My son is making the deep fried turkey.

fall cocktail

this stuff is great

All you do is place all of the ingredient's in a large crock pot and let it get warm. This is a very good drink taste lake a caramel apple.

Ground Beef and Vegetable Soup

It has gotten cold here in Indiana. I hate the cold weather but I love the food that goes along with it. Vegetable soup is one of my favorite meals but I have to have it homemade ( no vegetable soup out of a can for me!).
Here is a recipe that tastes yummy but is just a little bit different than your normal everyday soup.

Homemade Ground Beef and Vegetable Soup

1 pound ground beef
onion flakes
1 tbsp. flour
1 can diced tomatoes ( I use the ones that are seasoned)
1 can tomato sauce
2 cups water
1 tsp Italian seasoning
celery salt
1 tsp minced garlic
1 cup elbow macaroni
vegetables of your choice

Brown ground beef and onion flakes. Drain and transfer to soup pot. Add remaining ingredients except macaroni. Cook for 20-25 minutes. Add macaroni and cook until done. Enjoy!

Cake Decorating Birthday Party!

Today my oldest daughter celebrated her 9th Birthday. We had a hard time coming up with a theme for this party but after doing a lot of talking we decided to go with a cake decorating theme. We like to do unique parties so this fit right in with that ( past  parties have been Strawberry Shortcake, Wizard of Oz and Rock Star).
Like most parties it all starts with the invitations. These are the invitations we sent out. You are only seeing part of the inside so my personal details are not shown.

Next came the planning. Although it didn't take a lot of planning it did take a lot of prep work! I knew I wanted to let the girls decorate cakes of course but I also knew I had to have a few more activities to do or I would have way to much free time on my hands with them. I tried to come up with something that would go with our theme but I finally gave up and just did crafts I knew the girls would like!
The day started with the girls arriving and serving lunch. I wanted to keep this simple so I just served pizza and potato chips. They had Capri Suns to drink.

Once the girls were done eating I sent them into the room to decorate little bags that I had picked up. While they decorated I cleared off the table and set up everything for cake decorating.

Once the cakes were set up the girls were called back in. Each girl had a 8 inch round cake to decorate. I had also made 4 batches of homemade buttercream icing.

 

 

The girls were showed all the yummy stuff we had to use for decorations and were given some paper and pencils in case they wanted to draw out their designs before just going crazy! They really got into it and came up with some cool designs.

 Once the cakes were done I put them in cake boxes with the girls names on them so we would know whose was whose a the end of the party. Next everyone put shoes on and went into the garage for the piñata!

Once the piñata was over back inside we went for cake and ice cream. Because I had made so many cakes we decided to order the cake that would be served to the girls.

Next we did presents. I am weird and have issues with how people handle this part of the party. I honestly can't stand all the kids crowding around and no one being able to see. To avoid this I bring in 2 chairs- 1 for the birthday girl and 1 for the friend  whose present they are opening. It works well and it gives the giver of the present a chance to feel special.

(My youngest one insisted on giving her sister her present today even though her birthday isn't until tomorrow.)
We had about 30 minutes left once the presents were open so we made one more craft. They painted wooden door hangers for their rooms.

Neither one of my crafts were fancy but the girls seemed to have fun doing them anyways.
When the girls left they all walked away with the aprons I had made them(tutorial coming soon), 2 crafts, a cake, a goody bag and candy from the piñata.

Overall I think the party went well and the girls seemed to have fun.
I can't believe my baby girl will be 9 years old tomorrow. Happy Birthday Emily. I love you very much!

Now to start thinking about my youngest daughters birthday in April!