Little Ones Gift Guide

I hope everyone is having a great weekend! We are relaxing and enjoying daddy being home today. 

I wanted to share some gift ideas for all the little ones in your lives.  There are so many stores and options that it can be overwhelming.  I'm no expert but I do know what Connor is really liking now at 7 months and I have a a niece and nephew who are older.  At the very least the ideas are so cute and fun to look at. 


Connors Wish-List

Connor is getting so much more active and curious so a lot of the things he (mama) wants, are things that have more than one use or move.  I love the little moroccas & drumb- ask me after he gets them if I still feel the same.  Baths are one of his favourite things to do now, so some toys and an organizer would be the perfect thing at this age.

I am in LOVE with everything baby/ toddler at The Gap. They make it easy to shop at home, by offering free shipping and returns online of orders over 50.00. The few items we do have from the Gap have held up really well so I'm pretty sold on there stuff. Here is a sneak peak at some of my favourites, a lot of which would be great gifts or festive for holiday outings.

  

For the lil gal in the house 

For the little fella 

This was not even half of the cutest stuff they had online, I held back! 

Here are some ideas for older little ones, a lot of the gifts would be good for a few years which is great.

How cool is this sled/ wagon combo- such a neat idea. One of my personal favourites is the little personalized chair and a plastic tea- set, both things that your little one(s) could grow into a use multiple years.  The shopping cart is just cute and could help with the little one learning to walk.

My nephew who is 3 is really into puzzles right now. The one below is great because it not only stores the puzzles, it provides a place to build them. How about an apron and cooking supplies for your little helper in the kitchen- too cute! And who doesn't love a good hooded towel or hooded animal anything for that matter. Connors now outgrown his baby hooded

towels so I think it's time for an upgrade.

Kids love having there own personal cup so why not get them a plastic chritmas cup of there very own. The tent/ tunnel play set is a great gift for indoor playtime and each piece can be used on its own. A good christmas book or any book as a gift is always welcomed.  Last but not least Fisher Price's -The Little People are a great toddler toy and they have a nativity set out. 

I hope this helps to stir up some ideas of gifts for the cuties patooties in your life. 

Enjoy your weekend:)

Enjoying Your Holiday Cards

Happy Friday!  With the weekend on its way, what a great time to tackle an easy DIY project-or at least admire some. 

Mail that I'm actually excited about receiving, is few and far between. When the holidays arrive I get VERY excited! I love getting any kind of personal mail from friends and family, if pictures are included even better. I usually display cards we receive in our living room, to be admired for a few weeks and then I pack them away in my card boxes.  This year I really wanted to come up with a better way to enjoy the cards.  Another factor is next year our little man will be walking and at the perfect height to discover the cards. So this began my search for card display ideas :).

I found so many great ideas! I love that holiday cards are so pretty, they can really become part of your holiday decor. Below are just a handful of the simple & beautiful ways I found to display holiday cards. Enjoy!

I love this creative use of an old bed spring from Sugar Bee Crafts, best part is most of us either have a lil one whose spring is done being used,or they can easily be found second hand.

How about creating a wreath card display like this from delicious ambiguity

The simplicity of a ribbon card holder like this one from Groovinheads, makes it one of my favourites.

Reuse an old frame,add twine and mini clothes pins, to re-create this beautiful holder from Sweet Pea Events

For a really easy idea use ribbon or twine on a railing, mantle or wall to display cards.

I love love love all of these ideas and hope this will help you beautifully display your cards this year. 

If your not into the DIY options you could buy a picture holder like the one below or repurpose something already in your house which is what I ended up doing. 

I attached two ribbons to a mirror we have in our kitchen.  Cute little Santa clothes pins from the dollar store will keep our cards on the ribbon.  I love that we will be able to enjoy our cards while cooking or eating and it was super easy. Ribbon can easily be added to accommodate more cards which I hope is the case because that means more FUN mail!

Every Monday & Friday from now until Christmas I will post an easy DIY holiday craft or recipe. I hope you can enjoy or use them to help you with holiday planning and festive fun. 

Have a great weekend! 

Bring on the Festivity

Happy Wednesday- I can't believe it is almost the end of November. Even though I dislike how fast this month has gone I am so looking forward to the holidays, especially Christmas!

With December fast approaching my mind is on festive fun- like baking, decorating our house and spending time with family.  Yesterday I turned on the Christmas music and pulled out a few decorations to sparkle up the living room. I lit my peppermint candle and got to thinking about all the activities I want to do as a family this month. I love the idea of making the whole month of December filled with activities, rather than waiting for the holidays and cramming them all into a couple of days.

So In comes the festive fun list, it can be as simple or elaborate as you want and you can include traditions you already do. I think we will do our list out of order and just check things off as we do them.

Eklund's December Festive Fun list

• Take Connors Christmas photo 
• Go tobogganing 
• Bake bake bake
• Send christmas cards to friends and family 
• Pick out a real christmas tree & decorate it
• Drink hot chocolate while driving around looking at light displays
• Watch as many festive movies as we can - Elf, White Christmas,any and all christmas specials on T.V
• Make yummy snacks- popcorn w green and red m&ms, pretzel reindeer..
• Pay it forward
• Donate toys/clothes
• Pick out Christmas Eve pjs & books to start a new tradition with Connor
• Drink as much eggnog as humanly possible.. Hot.. Cold :D
• Lay next to the tree and look at all the lights
• Add at least one festive item to other rooms in the house 
• Play board games
• Download a new christmas album or ten 
• Put crushed candy cane in anything & everything 
• Build a snowman/ snow family  

 Make your own fun list and let the festivity start now! :D

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