From my family to yours!

We wish you all, a safe and happy holiday.

MK xo

(as my cousins put it) … PUKED Christmas.

Obviously, these homeowners LOVE to decorate. I have a hard time getting the tree up, so I can’t imagine doing this annually. ‘Griswold’s on CRACK’ was my description. Georgia informed me later that they thought the presents in the tree were beautiful.

What do you think?

MK xo
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We’re really trying to keep the holiday spending to a minimum this year. The budget has really forced me to get creative in regards to gift giving.

I decided to give the kids some coupons in their stockings for ‘on-demand’ fun outings and of course ‘free passes’ to get out of chores. I searched the internet high-and-low for printable coupons and couldn’t find anything. I decided to create my own.

Although we’d most likely do most of these things anyway. I think they’ll enjoy the ‘redemption’ process. It’s always fun to be in charge.

It is my intention to hole-punch and tie them together with ribbon, BUT … guess what? I can’t find either {ERR}. Imagine them cut out a little more neatly and tied with holiday ribbon.

Please feel free to DOWNLOAD the coupons and create some holiday fun of your own.

Supplies needed:

DOWNLOAD Free Printable Holiday Coupons
Color printer
Heavy card stock paper for best results
Scissors
Hole-punch and ribbon (optional – for stringing together into booklets)
Sharpie for labelling.

Directions for use: Simply print out your file onto the paper of your choice. Cut around coupons. Fill out the coupons and you’re done!

If you have any fun and inexpensive gift ideas, please share!

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays!

MK xo
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Winner is: Debbie of SuburbSanity

(You could win this wonderful Kraft Foods gift basket.

Kraft Foods has generously provided me with two wonderful gift baskets. One for me and one to give away to one of you. They are identical and filled with:

I’m a HUGE fan of Kraft Foods. I appreciate that they put so much effort and dedication into helping busy families put delicious and nutritious meals on the table. They’ve made it even easier this holiday season by re-launching their Kraft Foods Facebook Fan Page, starting the new Kraft Foods Channel on YouTube. Both are great resources for recipes and holiday cooking tips. I love that you can ask questions, share your own tips and even have access Kraft Kitchen Experts at the Kraft Foods Facebook Fan Page.

You can also follow Kraft Foods on Twitter.

HOW TO WIN:
Kraft Foods would like your feedback on their new Facebook and Youtube venues. Visit either (or both) and come back here and share your feedback as a comment on this post.
You can also have a second entry by hitting the ‘RETWEET’ button below and sharing this post on twitter (note: there is no need to come back and comment your tweet, my blog software will pick it up).

I’ll randomly choose one comment/tweet from all the entries, Friday December 18th @ noon and post the winner shortly after.

MK xo
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Lizzy and I spent the evening making this gingerbread house log cabin.

They have a gingerbread display at school, and of course tomorrow is the deadline. I wouldn’t want to take my time, plan, that would be too easy.

We started with a kit and embellished (and embellished and embellished). I need to remind myself (often) that ‘less is more’. OH WELL!

We built the chimney out of Honey Maid Graham Crackers and white chocolate, the bricks are Nabisco Shreddies and just like last year our roof shingles are Frosted Mini Wheats.

Are you making a gingerbread house this year? If you have … share a photo with us (leave the a link in the comments or email it to me and I’ll share it for you).

MK xo
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