Friday 5

 

Hello Friends and Happy Friday!!

Wow, it's been a long time since I've been on here. I did not mean to take 3 whole weeks away from blogging but with the holidays and sickness plaguing each and every one of us in my family, I just had to let it go for a bit..
But I hope next week I will be back full speed and have this quick Friday 5 to get back into it ;)

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Farewell Christmassy Best
So sad that Starbucks seasonal Carmel Brulee Latte will be going away until next year. Man, I just love these soo much!! Had to stop for one after Christmas Eve church :)

 

 

 

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To Grandma, with Love
Got this mug for my mother in law for Christmas and it was a big hit! I mean, is your MIL the hardest women in the world to shop for too?! Mine doesn't want/ask for anything!! But she loved this mug and I added all 5 of her grandkiddos, 6 if you include Oscar. And of course! I didn't remember to take a picture of it #figures

 Reason's Why Grandma Mug

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Pizza Soup
So I have made this recipe for my family several times so far this winter and its been a big hit each time. I found that my family likes it when I add a little penne noodles to the top and top it all with a little more cheese #yum
(and I use a whole jar of spaghetti sauce, unlike the recipe in the link says)

Pizza Soup

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Sick.Sick.Sick
Everybody is sick. Me. the baby. the Mr. The healthiest one of us is Liam and the dog. Oh dear... I see a long weekend of Pj's and resting in our future. I need to stock up on Kleenex stat!

-FIVE-
They Say It's your Birthday
The new year and just like that, I am in birthday party planning mode!! I have gone BIG for Liam's 1st and 2nd Birthday parties and while I am still undecided what I am exactly doing for #3, I have locked down my themes for each boys' big day. Here is inspiration:

Liam is into all things Planes Fire and Rescue, so that will be his birthday this year. I found this invite on Etsy and love the layout so I am thinking this is the one I will go with-



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For Oden, since his nickname is Odie-bug or little bee, a Bee themed bash seems only appropriate. I hand made Liam's invites for his first birthday, so I plan to do the same for Oden too. I did hand make Liam's second year ones as well, but that did include a print out from Etsy for the invite part so that is not quite the same. I do plan to post recaps of his birthday parties here soon.
Here's inspiration I gathered for Oden's. I want to make the layout more like the one above for Liam's, including a picture on one side and the party info on the other. But I love this bee cut out. Wonder if this shop owner would just sell me the bee's?? hmmmm

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Well, LOTS to do for planning these fun celebrations!!

I am linking up with Christina, April, Natasha and Darci today for their Five on Friday things!!

Be Well and Happy Weekend Friends!!
xo
Megan

Gifts of Thanks

Merry Christmas!!
My last post this week before I take time away from the blog for the holiday. I didn't get the time to get the photos of our Christmas decor ready to share so I will still get that in next week. I wanted to show the rest of the teacher gifts that I made this year. I apologize for the crappy iPhone pictures, it was super late and I was being tired and lazy. But I am really happy with how they turned out!

 

The movie themed gift was for Oden's daycare lady.

The coffee gifts were for the teachers at Liam's Montessori school.

The soaps I made up for gifts to a few good friends and the ornament was for Oden's daycare lady as well. :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Merriest of Christmas Friends!! Hope you have a wonderful holiday week and weekend!!
xo

Megan

Thank you Teacher

Hey Hey! Welcome Monday and actually happy to see you! After a busy and very productive weekend at the Palik home, I am thisclose (ha, see what I did there?) kidding aside, we are this close to being ready for the jolly man himself. We have fought illness this last week and a half and found out poor Odie bug has a ear infection.

I hope I am not the only one who has a hard time in general shopping for those on my list. I love to give, but the practical side of me always takes over and I want to get the perfect/much needed/used/wanted gift. And more often than not, it stalls me and provides frustration, grumpiness and stress.

So this year as Liam has been at Montessori school a little over a year, I wanted to recognize those ladies who give all they have to my little boy each and every day. He has three full time teachers and two part time so with 5 gifts to tackle I needed something simple and economical. This picture inspired me, along with this free printable I found on Pinterest. I have seen many of these on Pinterest and Instagram from other moms and friends, but couldn't walk away from this quick easy and adorable gift!

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So I bought my supplies and got started. I used a paper sack from Whole foods as the coffee look-a-like. And tissue for the whip cream. It got to late for me to get the labels printed so I will do that today and show you the final product hopefully by the end of the week? I also worked on Oden's daycare gift and will be sharing that one too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Do you have a hard time deciding on teachers gifts like I do? What did you decide to do?
Please share your awesome idea's with me!
Happy Monday Friends!!
xo
Megan

Friday 5

Another week flew by, it feels like the days and hours are flying by. Six days until Christmas, it will be here in a blink. I look forward to staying home this weekend, being cozy in my PJ's, Christmas movies with my Mr and wrapping gifts. I far more enjoy the wrapping part than the shopping, so this is the fun part for me!

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Check 'er Off!!
I was off work yesterday and got all of my remaining Christmas shopping done yesterday! Oh yeah!! Even feeling ill all day long, I still managed to complete my to do list with the help of the Mr.
Love that feeling!! Now onto wrapping everything...



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Nutcracker Ballet
My tricky Mr sure pulled over a good one on me Saturday night. He had been telling me for a while now that we had a boring insurance presentation and dinner at a fancy hotel downtown to go to for his work. We lined up Grandma as our sitter and a few hours before we were going to leave, he surprised me with these, tickets to the Nutcracker and a quick dinner downtown instead!! We had a great time and I loved seeing the Nutcracker (which I had also danced in as a girl) as it has been a long time since I've seen it! Oh and it gave me a chance to wear my fancy fur coat and fur lined gloves that my grandmother gave me. EEK ;) And of course, I did not think to take ONE photo of the two of us.. Figures.

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Candy Crack
I have bought these little minty delights three times now since December has rolled around and I have to say, they go so quick in our candy dish on the kitchen counter!! So delicious :)

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HexBug Aquabot 2.0
The Mr. insisted on adding this last minute gift to Liam's surprises. He found it browsing the toy isles of Target while I was shopping for our nephew yesterday. We got ours at Target but could not find the same one on the Target website so I included the link to Amazon. The review on Amazon were pretty great, which I insisted he checked before we took the plunge. Hope it's a hit!



Hexbug Aquabot 2.0

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Celebrate Me Home
One of my all time favorite Christmas songs. Sure gives me a big smile whenever I hear it come on the radio. Herd it a couple of times yesterday while out shopping, after the morning full of sports talk and some Colin Cowheard that is (obviously Craig's choice)-ha!
I never get tired of it and could listen to it over and over again :)

I am linking up with Christina, April, Natasha and Darci today for their Five on Friday things!!

Are you done with your shopping list and planning to enjoy a weekend at home getting things done? What Christmas song will be on your replay?

Have a wonderful weekend Friends!!
xo
Megan

The Stockings Were Hung..

I bought Liam this PBK stocking two years ago, so this past October, I went ahead and also purchased one for Oden as well..

They quality is great, and even though they may want something more plain and classic when they are older, I couldn't help myself, as these are adorable.

I have cute stocking hangers similar to these below, but in our cozy home, we don't have a fireplace, so our stocking rest on a ledge that separates the living room from the dining room. Little hands can pull these down and we don't need any ER visits over here. So once the boys are older, these can come back out.

 

 

 

 

 

I'd also like to find something new for me and the Mr. but just couldn't make up my mind this year, so I am going to wait until I know exactly which ones I want to purchase. It's a big decision as I want them monogrammed and will likely be the last ones I ever get us. Just couldn't decide what color to get...Here are a few I looked at-

Channel Quilted Velvet

Red & White Velvet

Red & Green Velvet

Needlepoint Stockings

 Have a great day!
xo
Megan