G is for Granola

Granola is one of my most favourite foods... ever.
I eat freaky amounts of it, which makes it hard to keep in the house. In the summer I went granola making crazy for about 2 weeks, on the hunt for the homemade granola recipe. While most of my findings were decent none were blow your mind wonderful. Then I found this recipe. It's perfect. It's crunchy, it's sweet, it's nutty... I don't think I'll ever be able to buy store bought granola again.

Making granola is not hard by any means but I think it's super important to use regular oats (or large flake) instead of quick cooking. The quick cooking goes mushy when you add the liquid to it and never seems to crunch up. If you don't jar your granola after it's cooled and it gets sticky or soft, just pop it back into the oven for about 5 minutes, it will re-crisp and be wonderful all over again!

Mmmm.... so good....

F is for Finish

I have been working on this blanket for months... at least 5 of them. And I am finally sitting down to finish it! Fingers crossed everyone will stay agreeable while I do this...

E is for Eli

I love this little man more then I can put into words. He is strong willed, persistent, sensitive, clumsy, energetic and hilarious. He makes my blood boil and my heart melt at the same time. He has a crazy imagination, loves the Hulk and Wolverine and gets aggressive and intentionally pushes limits when he's tired. I like to think he's just like his mama.

C and D are for Christmas Decorations

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
I'm double dipping today and cheating a bit with my alphabet themed posts... that said, I feel super smart noticing that Christmas is "C" and Decorations is "D", resulting in a "C, D" sequence... it's the small things that make me smile!
While we are not 100 percent finished decorating I feel like we have a huge bit accomplished. We decided to put our tree in the basement this year and I simply could not leave the main level decorationless, so this is officially the first year we have decorated both levels of our bungalow. We aren't swimming in decorations so the house is no holiday wonderland but I am pleased with how the joy and comfort of the holiday is spread out.
Only 20 shopping days left!

B is for Baby

B is for baby, and I must say, mine is just the cutest!
Little Miss C is growing and changing everyday it seems. She is all smiles for her daddy and all business (feeding is very important business you see) with me. She loves both her brothers and is always looking around for them and will only tolerate the song "You are my Sunshine" don't bother with "The wheels on the bus" or "Old McDonald"... it is a waste of time and will only be met with a scowl and a squawk . She's not a big talker but loves to grunt and growl... all the throaty sounds with the occasional well deserved squeal, however you will have to work for it. She sleeps like a dream (a breast fed baby that sleeps 7-8 hours at night and also naps a big 3 hour one during the day? yes please! and yes... I am totally bragging.) and snores like a man.
She has the most perfectly squishy cheeks and the most squeezable rolly polly thighs and her second chin comes out further then her first.
She's just the best.

Musical Monday: Meaghan Smith - It Snowed

I can not believe it's December!! I love Christmas and have secretly been preparing for months now. Zac was due December 1 and whenever we told someone his due date they almost always said how bad they felt for him because his birthday would always be over shadowed by Christmas excitement. For that reason Christmas decorations or preparation do not happen (or are at least kept on the down-low) until after all birthday celebrating has been completed.
So now I can officially let my Christmas loving self free and start the celebrating!
I love Meaghan Smith, I've shared her videos on here a couple of times but thought she was the perfect way to usher in Christmas music to the ol' blog-a-roo (yes, I actually say things like that in real life)!

22 days to go!
Be back soon with a letter "B" post.

A is for Around Here

This week was full of activity. Eli, Charlotte and I shared a wicked cold, we had our first snowfall, Charlotte started wearing cloth diapers and Zac turned 5!!
Not only did all of that happen, but December is officially here and we are now on the countdown to Christmas! Eek! I love the holidays!

I've decided to blog a little differently this month and I'm super excited by it. I've joined #amonthof (a month of) and will be blogging daily alphabet themes. Today is my first day so I'm starting with "A", next you will see something "B" themed etc etc. This also means you'll be seeing more of me as I plan to blog a letter everyday of the week, except Sundays for the rest of the month. And since we are in December you'll get a double dose on Monday's with my usual Musical Monday's, because I can not, not share wonderful holiday music!! How excited are you? I think it should be fun and if you're a blogger you should totally jump on board too.