Back to Normal?

 

How have you spent your vacations? I hope you had a wonderful Christmas!

I came back two days ago from a beautiful week spent in Washington State with my family. We go visit my Mother-in-law every year for Christmas, I think it's our new tradition and we love it! I'm glad my kids have an opportunity to spend some time with their grandma.

Now I wish I could say we are back to our "normal" life.. but we are not!! We are supposed to move in a new apartment.. hopefully that will happen soon! I closed my Etsy Shop for a few days, almost everything is the house is packed, we are living as if we were camping! :) It's fun but I long for the moment in which I will be finally in the new house and everything will be magically in order and organized! Will that ever happen?? We'll see.. ;) I know there's a lot of work ahead of me!

 

One of the most important things for me to do is to organize {somehow in this great mess} the Feast of the Three Kings that is celebrated tomorrow. This might shock you but my children don't wait for Santa Claus every year but for Melchior, Balthazar and Gaspar, the 3 Magi who came from far away to bring presents to Jesus and adore Him. It's the Feast of the Epiphany, celebrated in the Catholic Church, that closes the time of Christmas.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adoration_of_the_Magi

 

Tomorrow my children will receive their presents!! We will hopefully go to a celebration in one of the parishes that has organized the visitation of the Kings (they really come and greet the children!). It's a beautiful way to pass Faith to our kids and really the most beautiful time of the year. We are waiting for them with excitement!

 

Happy Feast of the Epiphany to all those who celebrate it!!!

 

Hugs to all!!

 

 

Red Beautiful Christmas

Hi everyone!!!

Today's post is about Christmas and especially the waiting of this immense Feast!! We all have different ways to celebrate and also to decorate. I have looked online for beautiful pictures about "Red Christmas". I think it's my favorite color when it comes to the celebration of the coming of Baby Jesus {I read somewhere that it signifies the color of Jesus' blood shed for us on the cross out of Love for all of us.. I like that explanation}.

So, what did I find....

This gorgeous garland from Etsy! Simple and cute.

Red Garland

...some shiny shimmering red nail polish!! I would love to wear it right now!!

Nail polish

A lovely set table.. for a fancy Christmas breakfast, lunch or dinner..

Christmas table

How about a fresh cocktail? I like the way the glass is decorated...

cocktail

Oh, and this dress.. from one of my favorite stores.. I just love it! the style, the color... can somebody buy it for me as a Christmas present??? haha :))

Shabby Apple's dress

And just to finish... a cute vintage image... to me it describes the surprise,  the excitement and joy.

Vintage card

Have a lovely week-end!!!

Until next time...

xoxo,

Happy B♥Day my Love!

Yes!! Today is my husband's birthday!..as well as my Mom's {but unfortunately she lives far far away from me}.. We celebrated with a HUGE lunch all cooked by me and served by our children! They had so much fun serving their Dad, pretending to be at a restaurant called "Mami's Kitchen". They were wearing their aprons and napkin folded on their arm.. They even wrote a Menu describing all the courses. Of course I directed this whole thing, I had a lot of fun too..especially cooking! I just love to cook. I'll share with you the dessert... Profiteroles! Et voila'!! The Puffs came out gorgeous!.. I followed a recipe from Martha Stewart's web-site.. then I filled them with pastry cream (= crema pasticcera) and covered them with a delicious chocolate sauce. YUM!!!
I know my husband had a great day and a big smile on his face. :)