Holiday Feast

 Our holiday feast on Christmas night.  Artichokes with lemon butter are the kids favorite vegetable.  We then had pork loin stuffed with a grape seed oil paste of herbs, sauteed onions and crushed garlic.  Wild rice was then served on the side with a sauteed onion gravy.
I made our annual Santa bread on the side.  The Santa bread is easy to make.  Make a large bread dough recipe and shape into Santa.  I make a large recipe of bread dough out of my bread machine.  Color with egg whites and red food coloring.  The eyes were dried cherries, which I always have on hand.  Bake and serve hot with butter.  Yummy!
The feast was easy to make and several items were done ahead of time.  Great to have wine with and sparkling cider for the kids.

Our holiday feast

Bread dough shaped as Santa

Stuffed pork loin with wild rice

thrift store find, Christmas Pyramid 

Our Home during the Holidays.

Thought I would share a few pictures of our home on the holidays.  We wish everyone a safe and festive   holiday.  Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year.  From the Family!!!!!!

The kids reindeer in front of the fireplace.  

Our tiny christmas tree!

A few of our favorites.

Here comes Santa Claus!

Krispy Kreme, Starbucks & a Diner make up our village.

The Kings are coming!

Lights for Santa & the Kings.

Our reindeer family.

With a blanket of snow.

Enjoy the blog.  Love to have members! 

We Even Decorate the Car for Christmas!

Yes we are that car driving down the street.  You know the one I am talking about.  The Rudolf car, the one with antlers and a red nose.  Can you tell who loves the cars decoration! 

Happy kids, Happy Life!

Feeling a bit sleepy!

Posing again!

We found ours at Walgreens for $10.  How knows, you could find one on sale about now!

Enjoy the blog.  Love new members!  Thank you, Kristin

The Family Tradition, Decorate Gingerbread Houses

One of the traditions that we do with the kids every Christmas, is decorate gingerbread houses.  This year, they made Santa's village.  This is one of their favorite things to do at Christmas.  So when I  unveiled the village gingerbread kit, they were ready to get started.  The village had tons of building for my son and lots of decorating for my daughter.  I always have a gingerbread kit every year and Christmas music playing in the background.  I know that this is one tradition that they will remember.  I know I will!

Want to do this on a budget, no problem.  If you pick one up now, they are on sale.  I never pay full price, too expensive.  This kit I picked up a Target last year after Christmas.  The kits hold up with no problems.  

What do you do with it after the holidays?  A very hard and stall gingerbread house, you can't eat it.  At the end of the holidays (Epiphany for us), we drop it out of the second story window of our house onto the driveway.  The kids love to see it shatter.  Are they sad? No, there will be another one next year!

Guess who couldn't wait

How he loves to build

No need for Legos at Christmas

Busted, eating frosting

He keeps eating the frosting! Running out

Kids made Santa's village this year

Love the kids decorating! Bravo

Enjoy the blog. Come and join me.  Love new members!  Happy Holidays,  Kristin

New Items Just Listed, Sale Time & Local Pick-Up!

Even more new items have been added to the shop.  The selection is growing, just in time for the holidays!  From presents to stocking stuffers, there is so much more that is available at the White Pelican Boutique!  There are gifts for every member of your friends and family.  Even a gift section dedicated for the men in your life!  With more items being added in the next several days, you should keep on checking.  

I am offering 15% off your order with the coupon code, WINTER15.  Are you in the Denver, Colorado metro area?  Pick-up is available!  Contact me for pick-up time and I will refund shipping charges via Paypal.  Discount and no shipping for local residents, WOW!   Remember, the holidays are coming fast, so order soon to get your gifts on time! 

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New Items Just Listed and Sale Time

New additions have just arrived at the shop.  This is just in time for the holidays!  From presents to stocking stuffers, there is so much more that is available at the White Pelican Boutique!  There are gifts for every member of your friends and family.  Even a gift section dedicated for the men in your life!  There will be more items coming in the next several days, so keep on checking.  

As a thank you, I am offering 15% off your order with the coupon code, WINTER15. With a unique shop and a discount, shopping just got a little easier.  Remember, the holidays are coming fast, so order soon to get the gifts at your doorstep on time!

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Homemade Birthday Party Gifts/Holiday Craft

Looking for a project to do with the kids this Christmas break?  Make crayons and a coloring book!  My daughter and I had fun making the parting gifts for her friends at her birthday party. This is easy and fun project to do together.  The kids love helping and are thrilled with the end product. Best of all the project cost next to nothing to make.
We gathered all the old crayons in the house, I had no idea that we had so many.  Keep the old and broken crayons.  Next we peeled off the paper and broke them into pieces. Then we put the broken crayons into similar color piles.  We then filled mini muffin tins half full of the broken crayons.
Preheat the oven to 200F.  Bake the crayons until melted, keep a close eye on them. Careful when taking them out of the oven, as the crayons are a hot liquid and can easily burn.  Let the mixture cool until solid before you flip the muffin tin.  There you have it, a set of swirl crayons.
The coloring book was a collection of free printable coloring pages.  Google free printable coloring pages and the topic, ours was tea party.  Then have the front cover decorated by your budding artist, add a back and string together.  Now you have a custom made coloring book to go with the swirl crayons. All kids loved them and we did as well...... She had a great time making the present, I had a great time with her, and it was budget friendly!!!!