When I was a kid, I knew snickerdoodles as the scraps of pie dough my grandmother rolled with cinnamon sugar and baked up around Thanksgiving. A few years ago, I learned all about the cookie version of this treat when Bea asked to make a snickerdoodle cookie out of a YA book she was reading….
It’s Friday. We’re going to chill on the couch with some Fish and Chips from our local and have a proper binge of a new-to-us series of shows or films. A few years ago, we watched The Crown. Will we go for Season 3? Should we revisit Derry Girls Seasons 1&2 back to back? Or should we go…
This year’s Advent Family Book Exchange shall henceforth be known as “The Hardcover Edition.” Go big or go home. Everyone’s going to pick a name from a hat and buy that person a real “traysure” in the form of a hardcover book, new or used. We’ll also grab a book for a donation. Note: Since…
Today, we’re going to be conquering our “fear of frying” by making Clementine Paddleford’s famous crullers. Clementine is the lady with the pencil, above! Her Cruller Recipe comes from Kelly Alexander and Cynthia Harris’ fantastic book about the American tastemaker: Hometown Appetites. [There’s an adapted version of that recipe in the New York Times, if you…
PROVIDE BABY BLANKETS VIA PLAN CANADA GIFTS OF HOPE Today, we’re providing three baby blankets to children in need via Plan International Canada’s Gifts of Hope. How will you be volunteering your time or supporting your community this year? VIEW THE 2019 ADVENT CALENDAR
DESIGN YOUR OWN BOOKPLATE! Today’s Advent TBD is a MAJOR THROWBACK to our very first online Advent Calendar in 2011 : Handmade Holidays: Bookplates for Children ! The kids were too young to get involved, and we wanted the bookplates to be surprises for the stockings. So, Blaise sketched bookplates. I scanned them, added text…
It’sthe firstday of Advent!Time to trim the tree! First, we’ll have to choose one!This afternoon, we’ll trek over tothe local Scouts lot for a tall, slim fir. Then, we’ll turn on some music, make someof my Santa Baby Cookies, and choose picturesfor the 2019 version of our Favourite Photo Ornaments. Sometimes, we throw on a movie when…
