Every year since the Little man was born we have taken a family Christmas photo to send in our Christmas Cards.
I recieve a couple of cards that have a letter telling everyone what they have been doing during the year, but I decided that I would prefer to send a photo of us, that way they can keep it from year to year and see how much we have changed.
Thought that I would share all the Christmas Photos that I have put in our cards for the last 4 years.
Our First Year - 2006
2007 - Just the three of us
2008 - Now with two
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Dance Along with Santa
I think every house has something to add to Christmas, in their own little way. The Little peoples Nana & Pop have the dancing Santa.
The first couple of years the Little Man didn’t know what to think of him, he was a little bit scary. As you can see by the picture he is almost full size. But this year he is a winner!, Little Miss hasn’t been scared at all.
The Dancing Santa sings Christmas songs and dances along with them, he even moves his mouth with the words. Yes you can even plug in a microphone and sing along with him.
He usually scares the crap out
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Christmas Cards in a Tree Shape
Since it is not very long until Christmas, you will notice a bit of a Christmas theme happening this week on Justbeingamum, Funny that.
So why not start with the Christmas Cards, I always wonder what I am going to do with them every year. I don’t want them to just stack up in a pile and do nothing with them. You could go and buy one of those you beaut fancy card holders, only to find that there are not enough spaces for all the cards, or it keeps falling off the wall.
Well this year I found this idea and I think it is fantastic,
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Great for your Christmas Table
I made this for our Christmas table last year and it looked fantastic, it was pretty good to eat afterwards too. In the hot weather you have to be a bit careful, by the end of lunch it was leaning over a bit, the icing that was holding the stars together slowly softened.
TIP : Can make the stars the day before but need to assemble about an hour before putting on the table.
Ingredients
3 1/3 cups (500g) plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
3 tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp ground cardamom
150g unsalted butter, softened
175g dark brown sugar
150g honey
1 egg
Icing - you can make your own or
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