Well, today is the 23rd, so I guess I'm not too far behind. This is actually only four layouts, because December kind of got away from us. Steven was sick for over a week, and we had to get caught up on his homework before the winter break, so a lot of time was spent working on that. Also the general "Christmas is here, we better get with the program" stuff happened as well.

Steven got braces on his teeth on the 21st--that will be a two-page layout. Yesterday will be movies, and today we have friends, so fun pics there as well. And then Christmas eve will be a 2-pager (I hope), as will Christmas day. And then we'll see how it goes from there. But still fun, and I am so glad I participated in this!

Yesterday I made teacher gifts for Steven to take to school. They are tiny little gift bags that hold a tea bag of Sugar Cookie Sleigh Ride Tea for each teacher. I printed two bags per sheet of paper, and they were just the right size to hold a tea bag. If you print one per sheet of paper, it should work for a bag of cocoa.

As my gift to you this Christmas, I am sharing the template I made. Along with a finished bag using Sweet Tweet Designs Roasted Marshmallows kit.

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Yes, I've been working on my pages (and I will share more soon), but I've also been doing other stuff as well. I made recipe cards for four of the cookies in this year's cookie swap, which I am sharing here with you. I've also made a card for our go to soup (which we eat when nothing got pulled out of the freezer for dinner). It's yummy and filling--and perhaps even kind of gourmet. :)

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I know, I know. I have been mostly keeping up with the picture taking, but I've gotten a bit behind on the layouts. I am trying to remedy that, however. I am thinking the next couple of layouts will be 1 pagers, though--that just seems to be how it worked out.

So, without further ado:

I have a freebie for you (oh, yeah--one of my own!). This is the word art I did for one of my Holidays in Hand pages.

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We pretty much did nothing on the 9th except cuddle up in blankets on the couch and watch Christmas specials. Steven spent a lot of the day in bed, but he's felt well enough to eat dinner.

I took him to the doctor today. He has a sinus infection and bronchitis. Great. Luckily, we've been able to get most of his homework online, so he shouldn't be too far behind when he gets back to school (Monday? I hope so!)

So, as you may have seen from previous posts, December 8th was the winter band concert. Steven plays in both the Concert Band, and the Jazz Ensemble, so it's a lot of playing. On top of that, he's sick, but had to attend the concert because it is a huge part of his grade. So we made it, but that was pretty much all we did that day.