It is Boxing Day today! A fun holiday I took on when I moved to Canada with my husband. For those of you who have not heard of Boxing Day, it has long time traditional roots, but today is known as a shopping holiday here in Canada. It is similar to Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, in the US. Click for an interesting Wiki definition of Boxing Day.
We spent another long morning in PJs (which you know I love J), just playing this morning. It was great family time! Following the lovely lazy morning, Big Brother had another ride on his bike today. It was cold but he didn’t mind at all. After his bike ride he took a moment to hit a few tennis balls. Daddy pitches the ball to him, and he basically hits the ball as far and as hard as he can. The smile on his face when he hits a big one is priceless.
When baby woke up from her nap, we did venture out to the mall, with a quick stop at Michael's Craft Store on the way. I had a great coupon for 50% off one item; however, I did not make a purchase because I was pretty determined not to spend in there. The Christmas shopping wore me out.
We left the few items that needed to be returned at home for another day, probably a good one to do without kids for those lines. Our main purpose for hitting the mall today was to search for a birthday present for Lil Sis. Her birthday is less than 1 week after Christmas. It is going to be an adjustment for us. My due date for her was Christmas Day, but fortunately she didn’t put me through labor then.
We found a cute card.
We spent another long morning in PJs (which you know I love J), just playing this morning. It was great family time! Following the lovely lazy morning, Big Brother had another ride on his bike today. It was cold but he didn’t mind at all. After his bike ride he took a moment to hit a few tennis balls. Daddy pitches the ball to him, and he basically hits the ball as far and as hard as he can. The smile on his face when he hits a big one is priceless.
When baby woke up from her nap, we did venture out to the mall, with a quick stop at Michael's Craft Store on the way. I had a great coupon for 50% off one item; however, I did not make a purchase because I was pretty determined not to spend in there. The Christmas shopping wore me out.
We left the few items that needed to be returned at home for another day, probably a good one to do without kids for those lines. Our main purpose for hitting the mall today was to search for a birthday present for Lil Sis. Her birthday is less than 1 week after Christmas. It is going to be an adjustment for us. My due date for her was Christmas Day, but fortunately she didn’t put me through labor then.
We found a cute card.
Although we didn’t go to the mall to do anything other than look for a great sale item birthday present, Boxing Day got us! We purchased a new 6Qt Crock pot. If you saw my previous post The Sunday Before The Big Day we wanted to purchase a new crock pot. Our old one had a broken lid, and we thought it would be nice to not use a wine stopper to keep the heat in, and have a larger size to cook bigger meals now that we have kids.
Fortunately, gifts from family helped fund our impulse purchases. The rest we are planning on saving for an Arizona vacation/trip to see family in March. The other purchases we made were a dessert whip dispenser, and much needed batteries that Santa forgot for a certain toy...whoops!
For Lil Sis’s birthday I have been thinking about possibly making an applesauce or banana cake with whip cream instead of frosting. After all these Christmas goodies I am kind of sugared out. You know you have had A LOT of sugar if you are looking for a break from it. Homemade whip cream, although it isn’t healthy, it is lighter on the sugar, so I thought it would be a good alternative. The dispenser will make it super easy to apply the whip cream to the cake, and the advantage of making your own is there won’t be any preservatives. Plus it was on sale at the front of London Drugs, and seemed like a great idea with my idea of whip cream on the cake.
Boxing Day definitely got us! It is funny how after all the Christmas spending you can still manage to find reasons to buy something the very next day. I must say I am excited to try out my purchases. Stay tuned later in the week to see how well the whip cream cake does or does not come out...
What does the day after Christmas look like for you? Any shopping involved?
Boxing Day definitely got us! It is funny how after all the Christmas spending you can still manage to find reasons to buy something the very next day. I must say I am excited to try out my purchases. Stay tuned later in the week to see how well the whip cream cake does or does not come out...
What does the day after Christmas look like for you? Any shopping involved?
