If you love Disney like me, then you more than likely have a Disney Bucketlist.  Yes, I have a Disney Bucketlist and will probably write a post about it.  One of the things on my list was to attend the Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival.  Last year I finally got to cross it off the list!

Since we are on this journey of eating at home to help keep our spending under control and fix our finances, I'm always looking for meals that my picky eaters will eat.  In the past I would make chicken enchiladas via a box kit from the grocery.  My husband has actually been asking for them and every time I go to the store with it on my list, the kit is not there.  So, off to Pinterest I went in search of a simple chicken enchilada recipe.  I ran across this recipe and thought I would give it a try.

We are definitely on a roll and our wallets are saying "Thank you!"  You'll never truly realize how much money you will save until you are forced to stop eating out and cooking as many meals at home as you possibly can.  Here are the dinners that I planned to make for December.

Back when Michael was one, I was looking for different ornaments we could make as gifts for the family as keepsakes of when he was little.  We decided that we wanted to do something with his hands (Salt Dough Handprint Santa Ornament) and feet.  So like any good mom, I went online to search for ideas.

Sugar cookies are one of my all time favorite cookies out there.  This recipe was normally just made at Christmas, but can be made at anytime of the year.  I will say that whenever I bite into a cookie made from this recipe, many memories of making these cookies in my mom's kitchen and eating them at my Grandma's house at Christmas come to my mind.  So, since I have many memories from my childhood with these cookies, I have decided to start making them so my son will have those same memories as well.

Every year we try and make some type of Christmas ornament as gifts for the grandparents.  A few years ago we made these adorable salt dough footprint Olaf ornaments.

I know I've seen a lot of people talk about the fact that the school picture packages always seem to have too many wallet sizes in them.  I personally don't have that issue, there are still plenty of people in our family that carry around wallet size pictures, but I have come up with a solution to the problem that most families have.  Use those extra wallet size pictures in a Christmas ornament.  Here's how we did it.

A fun thing to do during your Cub Scout den meetings during the Christmas season is to have them make their own Christmas ornament.  Not only is it a fun activity, it will be something that will help bring back the memories they had that year every single Christmas.  I know that the ornaments I made during my Girl Scout years are some of my treasured Christmas ornaments.