Weekending Jan 10, 2020

Welcome back everyone and happy new year! 
Remnants of 2019 still keep popping up; like the kids asking to listen to Christmas music, or wanting to do holiday baking and crafting. 

This week we mostly created art, read stories, and shared treats. 
Some of our goals in January are to learn more french words and phrases, relax a bit, and to definitely take in the many elements of the winter season.

We are relocating to Braeside SW. We can't wait to see you there!

Weekending December 20, 2019

What a wonderful busy few days it has been. Illness or not, we were a busy bunch. We have been so busy that I need to break up the posts to share all the photos of our busy week.

We would like to thank everyone for entering our giveaway for the  $25 gift certificate for Baked from the Heart. The winner is:

Looks delicious! It's always tough finding places that cater towards dairy free desserts! Super appreciative of what they do! Gen Boudreau

Wacky Bonhomme de pain d’épices

The kids absolutely love the story of the gingerbread boy. We listen to french and english versions and they always guess what the ending will be. Did you know that the gingerbread boy doesn't get eaten by the fox in every version? My little friends were not amused by this fact...how cold lol.

After a brief trip to the grocery store to pick up bit and pieces (des bonbons) for our planned activity, there was much chatter about what each friend's gingerbread person was going to look like.
We ate lunch, had a bit of a rest, and then we ended off our slow Friday by listening to the story once again, and making gingerbread people.
We didn't want ordinary. We didn't want realistic. We wanted wacky and silly.
Take a look!

Ingredients
For this yummy activity, we chose treats with various textures.
icing sugar
vegan marshmallows 
holiday flavoured jellybeans (the green are minty and the kids did not like them very much)
hershey kisses
mega fruit candy mix (from Great value)

Here is a list of Christmas/seasonal words that we have learned so far.
We also focused on 3 colours from some of our chosen bonbons (rouge, blanc et vert).

Don't forget our giveaway. We are pleased to announce a wonderful giveaway  for 2 $25.00 gift certificates from Baked from the Heart, a local vegan bakery. If you haven't already entered, now is your chance.

Happy weekend all!

Weekending Dec 13th

I am so happy that this week is over. I practically survived on mixtures of herbs, spices and elderberry this week, as my immune system is exhausted. The kids are also feeling really tired and cranky. We are all feeling the effects of the weather and various illnesses mixed together.
But nothing keeps us down ;). We are always on a mission to create "stuff", and to have fun...#smallwondersgoals ha ha. 

This week we had a wonky camera SD card, but we got some decent shots of our happenings (when the camera actually worked).
We played outdoors, made wacky gingerbread people (after much storytelling), created art, 
ate pancakes for afternoon snack (which was somewhat très chic).  We made and ate yummy chowder, and yummy chocolate covered pretzels.

The kids were so excited to start off our Christmas crafting and baking. To help you celebrate, wherever you may be, here are some general French Christmas terms. 
We've got quite a few things planned for the last week before vacation/Christmas. These are exciting times for our little friends.


Here's some words that the children have been reading, hearing, and seeing as we prepare for Christmas/holidays. We have been reading this little book (because it's in french), we are loving this one as well, and this one is a classic.

Christmas	Noël
Christmas Day	le jour de Noël
Christmas Eve	le Réveillon de Noël
Christmas party	la fête de Noël
December	décembre
winter	l’hiver
Christmas card	une carte de Noël
Christmas present	un cadeau de Noël
Christmas tree	un sapin de Noël un arbre de Noël
gingerbread man	un bonhomme de pain d’épice(s)
ornament de Noël	une boule
reindeer	un renne
Santa Claus	Père Noël, Papa Noël
wrapping paper	le papier cadeau
wreath	une couronne
candy Cane	sucre d'orge, canne de bonbon

We are a bit confused about the french word for "stockings", so we left that out. If anyone knows, please send me a message/leave a comment :).

We are pleased to announce a wonderful giveaway  for 2 $25.00 gift certificates from Baked from the Heart, a local vegan bakery. If you haven't already entered, now is your chance.

Happy weekend all!