Sabrina Sandoval

Tracking Santa

Welcome Back!

For the past couple weeks I've been counting down the day's to Christmas! Just 4 More Day's till Christmas! My kids will be out of school officially tomorrow afternoon. So I've been looking for some fun things to keep them in the Holiday Spirit.

If your kiddos are into Santa here are a few fun sites that will help track Santa as the day's lead to his departure.

The Official NORAD Santa site.

It's pretty interactive and cute for little ones with fun music, games and more.

EmailSanta.com is also interactive. You can have a story read to you by Santa's elves, Watch the Rudolph Cam, and read Santa's Tweets.

Track Santa is pretty cool because you can see exactly where Santa's Sleigh is as he travels the world.

Santa is fun for kids. The Magic of the season is alive as you see little ones excitement and joy.

If your looking to stay in the spirit until Christmas follow my Count Down to Christmas:
15 Days: In "The Bag" Gifts
14 Days: Teachers Christmas Gift Ideas
13 Days: Brown Paper Packages Tied Up with String
12 Days: Christmas Cookie Packaging at it's Finest
11 Days: Perfect Neighbor Gift for under $5.00s
10 Days: Cookie Exchange Party Ideas
9 Days: Living Front Porch
8 Days: For the Gardner on your list...
7 Days: Hands Down You Are the Best
6 Days: Perfect Every time Lemon Bundt Cake
5 Days: The Best Songs for Christmas Caroling
4 Days: Tracking Santa

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The Best Songs for Christmas Caroling

Tonight our MOPS group is going Christmas Caroling! I think the last time I went Caroling with a group was in my 4-H years and our 4-H group went.

Non the less I'm excited ;)

Here are Hands down the Best Songs for Christmas Caroling that everyone ~~will~~ should know.

Click on each song to print out the lyrics.

Joy To The World

Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer

We Wish You A Merry Christmas

Away In A Manger

Jingle Bells

O Holy Night

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Perfect Every time Lemon Bundt Cake

Happy Saturday!

The Holidays are in full swing here. We have family visiting this weekend, early Christmas gatherings, the Christmas program at school this coming week. And with all of these things on our list, we often need to bring some sort of dish with us. This Lemon Bundt Cake is SO yummy, very simple to make and eye appealing.

Here's what you'll need:
1 package Lemon cake mix
1 package instant vanilla pudding mix
3/4 Cup vegetable oil
4 eggs
1 Cup lemon-lime flavored carbonated beverage
2 tsp. Poppy Seeds (optional)

Icing:
1 Cup Powdered Sugar
4 tsp. milk
1 tsp. vanilla

*Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease a 10 inch Bundt Pan.
*In a large bowl, combine the cake mix, pudding, oil, eggs and soda.
*Pour all of the ingredients into prepared pan and bake for 35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Once cooled flip onto a serving dish and pour the icing over the cake. Enjoy!

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Hands Down You Are the Best!

Glad you hopped over today! I've been counting down the day's to Christmas here on my blog for the past week.

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This is such a simple but personal gift.

We traced my daughters little hands. Wrote "Hands Down You are the Best!" and taped them to our favorite bottle of lotion. This lotion is "Hands Down" the best for eczema or severe dry skin and has beat studies against Eucerin and is a must in our home. You can learn more about it HERE.

Stop by tomorrow for some more Christmas inspiration. It's a yummy treat that's for sure!

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For the Gardner on your list...

8, Count them - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 MORE DAYS until Christmas!

I've been having a lot of fun counting down the days until Christmas this month.

Today's project is for the Gardner on your list. Something to show them that you we're thinking specifically of them. It's not the money in this gift but the time, effort and love for the hobby that you pour into it.

I picked seeds from some of my favorite, hardy flowers in my yard. Hollyhocks, Marigolds and my very hardy mint.

I hand stamped these adorable little envelopes with what would be inside.

And plan to give these gifts to a couple of friends of mine who are Gardner's themselves.

I'm a very sentimental person when it comes to gifts. And if it's something from the heart similar to this that was from a friends yard. That will give me a season of blooms in 2016, ahhhh... that is priceless to me!

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Living Porch during December

Welcome back! As we're counting down our day's till Christmas I wanted to bring you some inspiration from my porch.

December typically means many days of below freezing temps and snow on the ground for us. This year we've been blessed with many beautiful sunny days, and that makes me want to be outside.

I added a touch of Life to our porch by using some cuttings off of our evergreens. Not only does it look beautiful but it also smells so good as you walk out the door.

I even added some cuttings to my flower pots. Much prettier than the dead flowers that we're there.

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7 Cookie Exchange Parties and Cookie Swap Checklist

10 Day's until CHRISTMAS! Can you believe it?!
If your looking to stay in the spirit until Christmas follow my Count Down to Christmas:
15 Days: In "The Bag" Gifts
14 Days: Teachers Christmas Gift Ideas
13 Days: Brown Paper Packages Tied Up with String
12 Days: Christmas Cookie Packaging at it's Finest
11 Days: Perfect Neighbor Gift for under $5.00s
10 Days: Cookie Exchange Party Ideas

As we inch closer to Christmas I've been seeing all of these super cute ideas for Cookie Exchange Parties. Perfect reason to get some friends together! As I was searching it came to mind that there needs to be a checklist for preparing the perfect Christmas Cookie Swap: