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2015 is almost here and with this post I have reached my blogging goal for this year! Last January I made a resolution  to post at least 6 times a month and here it is post number 6 of December and with a few hours to spare! My blog resolution for this year is to keep writing 6 posts a month and have one yoga related post every month. Here's to celebrating our little achievements in 2015 Cheers!

For a New Years craft last year we made a poster   of our year in seasons using family pictures taken throughout the year. This year we made accessories to get all decked out for the New Year! Material: Construction paper Markers Stickers and sparkles  White glue Jingle bell garland  Pipe cleaners Directions: Pipe cleaner glasses: Choose 6 pipe cleaners, for each pair of glasses you want to make. Shape the numbers of the up coming year and place them side by side. Cut a piece of pipe cleaner into 4. Using the small pieces of pipe cleaner attach all the numbers together. Cut the last pipe cleaner in 2 and attach one piece to either side of the year. Curve the pipe cleaner so that the pipe cleaner glasses will sit on your ears. Party hats: Choose the colour of construction paper for your hats, fold the paper in a cone shape, trim the bottom to make it the size you want. Lay the paper flat and decorate with markers and st...

Spaghetti and meatballs and a carrot (shaped like Olaf's nose) for the reindeer While we were talking about Christmas eve my mom said to the little man. "We can't forget to put out cookies and milk for Santa" "Why?" Common question from a 4 year old. "Because Santa gets hungry from delivering all those toys." "Then we should leave Santa spaghetti! Cookies are for dessert. If Santa is hungry he should eat spaghetti." I have to say he has a point, we try to teach him how to eat healthy then tell him Santa can have cookies for supper? So it's settled Santa eats spaghetti at our house! Merry Christmas!

No water. No mess. Easy to make snow globes. Personalise these snow globes by using different figurines. They are great homemade presents to give. Time: 30 minutes for 3 snow globes Cost: $6.00 for 3 snow globes Material: Empty jars Figurines (1 or 2 per jar depending on the size) Large sparkles  Cotton ball snow Jingle bell garland Glue gun Direction: Glue the figurine to the lid of the jar. To add a little extra ambiance you can use a small house or figurine that lights up. If you use a figuring with a switch on the bottom use an exacto knife to carefully cut a hole in the lid. Cover the hole with tape before you glue the figurine onto the lid. If you don't have a figurine you can make a snowman out of golf balls or white pom poms.  Glue some of the cotton ball snow around the figurine.  Put 1-2 tablespoons (depending on the size of the jar) of sparkles in each jar. Screw the lids back onto the jars. Shake the jar to make sure there are en...

This was my Grandmother's Christmas tree the year my sister was born. My mom calls it the year of the 7 little girls under 7. Under the tree, all made by Grandma were 5 Care Bears, 4 babies in baskets (babies made out of a stalking and stuffing in a basket) and 1 Padington Bear, for my cousins and I. I can't imagine all the work that went into thse presents.  I was only 4 but I remember that Christmas and I still have my Care Bear!

This is easy and fun and as long as you use non permanent markers you can wipe it away after Christmas put the pictures back in the frames and you're back to normal. There are so many possibilities as far as designs, angels, snowmen, Christmas trees or your own made up designs. Cost: Under $5.00 Time: 20 minutes Material: Picture frames Dry-erase markers (or any non permanent markers) Aluminum foil Directions: Take the backs off of the picture frames and take out the pictures. Draw Christmas pictures on the glass, trees, snowmen etc. The best part is that you can try and erase as many times as you like. Wrap the back of the frames with aluminum foil. Press the foil flat. Reassemble the picture frames (make sure the marker side goes against the foil, but don't move it too much or it will scratch your picture) and display!