An Advent Update

Merry Almost Christmas to my Family and Friends!! 

I just thought I would share a little of what we have been up to this month:

We made "sock snowmen" which I DID NOT get the idea off pinterest. A friend gave me the idea. Aren't they cute? Jacob's has all green buttons and Daniel's has a suckie.

We ate watermelon... BIG.

We made crowns (and lots of other things) out of these cool toys from the Camrose Toy Lending Library.

We played pictionary, which turned out really fun! The boys even got in on the drawing action.

We made chocolate pretzel bark, which was lots of fun, and delicious.

The Sun Always Rises...

... But not the bread. So my struggle to find the perfect loaf of homemade bread continues. I think I have a really good recipe going now. The boys requested PB&J today but we were out of bread so I promised to make some this afternoon for sandwiches tomorrow. I went to check on the bread one hour into the rise... Looks the same. Then I had a sudden realization I forgot to put the yeast in. So I threw the dough back into the mixer with some yeast. I don't know if it will work, or if it will taste good. Seriously, who forgets to out yeast in their bread? Me.

At least I know the sun will rise tomorrow, even if my bread doesn't.