Holiday wish list

Mama’s Holiday Wish List Meme
Today’s Mama and Provo Craft are giving away a sleighful of gifts this holiday season and to enter I’m sharing this meme with you.

1. What 5 items are on your holiday wish list this year?
**A clean house (really–this would be enough)
**A cute new purse
**A new handmixer that doesn’t burn out every single time I use it. Seriously–I’ve gone through three hand mixers in the last 6 months. What is up with that?
**A new bowl for my Bosch. There was an incident. Need I say more?
**A healthy, happy family and kids that don’t fight ( I know, impossible on that last one, but a girl can dream can’t she?)
2. What is your favorite handmade gift you have received?
**My grandma made me several quilts when I was a kid, but my favorite was my camping quilt. It’s HUGE, and stuffed with not one, but two wool army blankets. It weighs a ton, but I love it.
3. What handmade gift have you always wanted to tackle?
**Aprons. I love those cute vintage aprons, and I had dreams of making them for all my friends
4. What was the best Christmas gift you received as a child?
**My mom used to make a lot of our Christmas presents like pajamas and dresses. She also sewed stuffed animals. One year she made me a large stuffed dolphin. It was about 3 feet long and blue. I loved it. When my little sisters came downstairs to see the presents, one of them saw the big dolphin out and she said, “You got a SHARK!”
5. What items are on your kid’s wish list this year?
**Games, books, movies, webkins, littlest pet shops.
6. What is your favorite holiday food?
**Eggnog and candy cane ice cream (not together, of course).
7. What will you be hand-crafting for the holidays?
**I bought fabric for aprons, but I’m not sure if I’ll get to it. This year I’ve made yoga mat bags for friends, and I might make a few more of those.
8. What is your favorite holiday movie?
**It’s a wonderful life
9. Favorite holiday song?
**I love Nat King Cole’s “The Christmas Song”.
10. Favorite holiday pastime?
**eating cookies? Does that count as a pastime? Probably not. I love the whole week of Christmas concerts with the choir. I love making and decorating cookies with the kids, making the little gingerbread houses out of graham crackers, wrapping presents, decorating the house, the holiday parties, taking the kids to see Christmas lights, reading Christmas stories, even shopping! I love the holiday season!

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