Easter 2025

 

It's the most wonderful time of the year!

I hope you all had a lovely Thanksgiving! 

Tonight we'll be listening to Christmas music and putting up our decorations.

This year's activities:

🎄The Angel Tree read-aloud + lots of Christmas picture books

🎄 Christmas pajamas courtesy of my mom

🎄 Christmas movies each Friday night...  White Christmas, Miracle on 34th Street, Jingle All the Way, and It's a Wonderful Life. (Plus probably some Grinch, Rankin & Bass, and Veggie Tales favorites on Saturday or Sunday!)

🎄 The Christmas playlist we built last year on repeat

🎄 Nutcracker viewing party!

🎄 We'll pick out a new tree ornament that represents our 2024

🎄 We'll put together a holiday jigsaw puzzle and we'll build a tiny model house + decorate it for Christmas!

🎄 My mom and I will be reading The Christmas Bus as our Christmas buddy read this year! 

I also thought I'd share this super cute, free Christmas reading poster activity for parents. We've used some of her calendar activity pages in the past and they're always a hit. 

Thanksgiving decor + plans

This post is mostly just for us to look back on someday, but since I enjoy seeing other people's holiday fun maybe some of you will enjoy it, too. 

Menu:

Appetizers: Crackers + a junky processed spray cheeze my pregnancy impulse purchased (My pregnancy purchased it, NOT me) // Raw veggies + hummus 

Lunch: twice baked broccoli potatoes // mac n cheez // sweet potatoes // Baked cinnamon apples 

Dinner: pizza 

Desserts: Pumpkin pie // Pecan pie bars

 

Happy Valentine's Day!

Here's the simplest 3 ingredient pancake recipe for those interested in a thinner, somewhat crepe-like plant-based pancake:

Blend 1 cup oats with 1 cup water and fruit of choice. I usually do blueberries but today I did cherries for a pink pancake. 

I cook mine in a ceramic skillet so I can avoid cooking in oil.  

For heart-shaped pancakes I drizzle a heart outline and then pour batter into the middle to fill it in. 

We also love these dipped in raspberry sauce. Slowly cook down half a bag of frozen raspberries. Blend up with a splash of maple syrup and as little water as your blender lets you get away with! 

Valentine's Day books we love: The Best Thing About Valentines // The Day It Rained Hearts // Snowy Valentine // Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch // Valentine Blessings