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Post by Elasti-Girl on Nov 30, 2014 2:19:05 GMT
Hahahahaha Shellie THAT'S GOLD! I snorted my water
Oh Judy please tell me you're going to use those - one for you, one for DH
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Post by judy on Nov 30, 2014 10:11:49 GMT
haha Very funny Shellie! You are so clever, They are terrific and i might use one of them for DH, (or Ds21) who is never going to write one of his own, but to be honest Im not decorating or cooking much this year so might keep that one for next year Ive actually done mine for one of my nieces. She is at uni studying to be a teacher and teaches swimming in the holidays. i bought her a cute ‘thingy' to hang necklaces on so my poem goes... ahhmm
This little gift is for Miss Courtney, who is studying to teach kids in school and not just swimming at the pool Teachers, you know, have to be well dressed and accessories help them look their best This is to keep them all in check when your not wearing them around your neck
dadadaaa
Ive got some time to fine tune
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Post by shellie on Nov 30, 2014 10:34:15 GMT
haha Very funny Shellie! You are so clever, They are terrific and i might use one of them for DH, (or Ds21) who is never going to write one of his own, but to be honest Im not decorating or cooking much this year so might keep that one for next year Ive actually done mine for one of my nieces. She is at uni studying to be a teacher and teaches swimming in the holidays. i bought her a cute ‘thingy' to hang necklaces on so my poem goes... ahhmm
This little gift is for Miss Courtney, who is studying to teach kids in school and not just swimming at the pool Teachers, you know, have to be well dressed and accessories help them look their best This is to keep them all in check when your not wearing them around your neck
dadadaaa
Ive got some time to fine tune
We have a poet laureate amongst us. Well done. It makes it easier when you know the person you are giving it to.
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Post by shellie on Dec 1, 2014 11:51:14 GMT
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Post by Elasti-Girl on Dec 1, 2014 20:30:33 GMT
I like it, Judy!
Shellie your tree looks good!
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Post by medusahair on Dec 2, 2014 20:16:10 GMT
Love the tree Shellie DD and I have put up the wreath, and set up the nativity scene, we are doing small bits each day until we get a tree. DD super excited, I expect I will have to come up with activities every day until Christmas.....
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Post by judy on Dec 2, 2014 23:28:24 GMT
sounds like fun Medusa. I feel a bit out of it not decorating our house this year- definitely not going away before Christmas ever again!!
I just bought 2 presents on line-YAY -memberships for DD29 and DSiL for the 3 zoos in Melbourne for a year. They will love taking DGD and we live to close to Healesville Sanctuary.
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Post by Elasti-Girl on Dec 3, 2014 20:56:40 GMT
Medusa - have you got an advent calendar for DD? You could make/find something simple & she would probably really enjoy the 'countdown'. Ages ago I saw this idea somewhere - with each day's countdown, you choose an activity to go along with it. I just found this one with a long list of choices, some are elaborate but I thought you could maybe get some ideas for DD since she's wanting to do something everyday. Just a thought. adrielbooker.com/family-advent-activities-christmas-countdown-fun/(she has a PDF printable too)
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Post by shellie on Dec 3, 2014 21:27:48 GMT
sounds like fun Medusa. I feel a bit out of it not decorating our house this year- definitely not going away before Christmas ever again!!
I just bought 2 presents on line-YAY -memberships for DD29 and DSiL for the 3 zoos in Melbourne for a year. They will love taking DGD and we live to close to Healesville Sanctuary. That's an awesome idea Judy, I will have to remember that one when the time comes. I did think of passes to the Water Park for our older 4 (2 + 2) but it's in Sydney so about 3hrs away and they really wouldn't get the value out of it.
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Post by shellie on Dec 3, 2014 21:29:39 GMT
Medusa - have you got an advent calendar for DD? You could make/find something simple & she would probably really enjoy the 'countdown'. Ages ago I saw this idea somewhere - with each day's countdown, you choose an activity to go along with it. I just found this one with a long list of choices, some are elaborate but I thought you could maybe get some ideas for DD since she's wanting to do something everyday. Just a thought. adrielbooker.com/family-advent-activities-christmas-countdown-fun/(she has a PDF printable too) This is our 1st year in 21yrs that we don't have an advent calendar (or 3, lol). I am really surprised DD16 didn't ask for one.
Hey clever girls, how did you get the pic on your profile signature? I have tried but failed several times. HELP!!!!
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Post by medusahair on Dec 3, 2014 21:39:44 GMT
We do indeed have an advent calendar,it has a magnet each day, which makes the nativity scene, baby Jesus comes on the 24th I also got sent a Jaqui Lawson Advent program for the computer, and it is fun to see what it does each day www.jacquielawson.com/advent
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Post by Elasti-Girl on Dec 4, 2014 1:43:55 GMT
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Post by medusahair on Dec 4, 2014 21:51:11 GMT
Rearranging the lounge room to accommodate a Christmas tree (it is a small lounge room) and will listen to Michael Buble's Christmas album. Also have spray snow for the window as a treat for DD, so will do that..... may get messy
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Post by medusahair on Dec 6, 2014 20:49:19 GMT
Tree up and decorated, it smells like Christmas
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Post by shellie on Dec 10, 2014 6:13:54 GMT
Family Room entertainment unit before after
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