The Perfect Summer Dinner

After celebrating my Father In Laws birthday, we were sent home with some beautiful tomatoes from their farm, Casselmonte.  The tomatoes were just begging to be made into a BLT!

To keep the meal light and refreshing on this HOT summer day, I made a yummy Watermelon salad.  I loosely followed this recipe: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/patrick-and-gina-neely/watermelon-salad-recipe/index.html

Activity Advent Calendar

I decided to make an activity advent calendar, to help celebrate the holiday season as well as to help keep us busy during this last full month while we wait for the house to be finished.

I bought some holiday themed paper from AC Moore and small business card sized cut outs.

I folded, then taped/glued the paper into 25 different envelopes and labeled each envelope 1 - 25.

Next, I made a list of 25 holiday activities, then printed them out.  I cut out each activity and glued it onto business card cut outs.

I stuffed the envelopes with the activities.  Week day activities were a little less labor intensive, such as write Santa a letter, or, read a Christmas book.

Using a roll of magnetic tape, I cut out strips and hung the envelopes on the back of our door.

Christmas Tree

Due to very limited space in the apartment, we decided against having a Christmas Tree.   One day, while wasting spending time on Pinterest. I came across several felt tree posts.  Brilliant!  Not only is this Christmas tree toddler friendly, it is also dog friendly.

 

The Tree itself, is cut out from 1 yard of felt off the bolt. The ornaments, gifts, and snowflakes are cut from the squares of felt.   I used Beacon Felt Glue to glue the pieces together.