The Chickadee's Nest

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Gingerbread Lane

Tiny gingerbread chickens with poppy seed chicken feed!

A tropical gingerbread island on a blue hard candy sea.

What a completely fabulous idea.

The Charlie Brown house complete with sad little Christmas tree.

The Grinch down in Whoville.

The Franklin Park Conservatory, which just happens to be one of my favorite places to visit, holds a gingerbread house competition every year. They have several catagories-youth, teen, adult, etc. The last one of the Worthington Inn is my favorite. It looks exactly like the real one, flowers and all!

Monday, December 6, 2010

It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

My decorations are up and so is the tree (I'll do a seperate post on it soon).
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas around here and I couldn't be happier about it.

The kids pitched in by drawing festive pictures on the chalkboard.

In case you were wondering that's a christmas tree with a cat who is smiling because it is Christmas.

I apologize for the slightly dim pictures. I took these in the evening when the room was only lit by a few lamps and the christmas lights. Very cozy but not the best for taking pictures.

How are your Christmas preparations coming along?

Friday, December 3, 2010

Turkey and Monopoly

This Thanksgiving was spent warm and snug at home. My husband made the most amazing turkey and while we waited impatiently for it to cook we played a very long, very fun game of Monopoly.

O won.

He always wins.
I just love board games.

Don't you?

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Games and Prizes

My little H turned 6 last week on Thanksgiving day. The day before we took him to Chuck E. Cheese to celebrate. While it may not be my favorite place, it is a child's paradise. We played games and H got to ride lots of silly little rides that don't really go anywhere. I got to play skee ball, my favorite even though I lost terribly. Then we cashed in our tickets for prizes-stickers, Tootsie Pops and one pair of green, plastic vampire teeth. We capped off the day with cinnamon rolls fresh from the oven.