Little Box, Big Tree

This year, we have vowed to spend more of our Christmas dollars at small local shops.

Over 200 local Portland merchants have joined forces, with the Little Boxes campaign.

To kick off the holiday weekend you picked up a game card from one of the merchants. Then, you visited as many of the shops listed as you wished and got your game card stamped with each purchase.

Each shop also had a raffle and the more stamps you got on your card, the more discounts you received!

Once you were all shopped out on Saturday, you turned in your card at the last store visited, for chances to win grand prizes, like a trip to Hawaii!

You could also play along on your smart phone!

www.littleboxespdx.com

We had a relaxing and fun shopping experience. We found lots of eclectic, personal and fun gifts and discovered some new little shops.

Do you have some favorite small / local stores you like to shop during the Holidays?

We also cut our Christmas tree. 

Mom says it has to stay in the barn overnight, because it is wet. 

She said I should stay out there with the tree, because I am wet too.....

"VERY FUNNY...NOT!"

Wyatt

It's not too late!

I bet you meant to plant bulbs this fall...and then you forgot?

NO WORRIES, it is not too late!

In fact, many garden centers and catalogs, still have tulips and daffodils at great SALE prices!

But, the ground is frozen and hard...oh my.

Fill up your old plastic nursery containers and other empty planters, about 2/3 full with potting soil.

Place an assortment of bulbs into the soil, pointy side up!

We put 4 bulbs in each gallon pot and about 20 in the larger concrete planters.

Fill the pots to the top with potting soil and then cover the whole bunch with leaves or straw, because plants above ground are more vulnerable to freezing.

In the spring, you can plant directly into the ground or just place the pots around where you need an extra bit of color. 

It's always the right time to garden!

Wyatt

Murphy the Smurfy!

We love our little nephew.

The BESTEST part, 

is that he lives so close, we can visit with him all the time!

He likes our stuffie collection.

He still bites....

and we LOVE Murphy.

Stay tuned for more Howl-i-Daze fun with Murphy!

Wyatt

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Green Paws Indoors!

With the freezing temps, our green paws have moved indoors this week.

We started some Paperwhite bulbs and an Amaryllis bulb.

It's going to be a red-white combo flower...Can't wait to see!

This is just ONE week "Out of the Box"! 

We gathered up some interesting leaves off the ground,

for some leaf pressing.

I'm going to use this dictionary...I don't need it anyway,

cuz I r a gud spellir.

You just put the leaf between papers and close the book!

Change the paper every few days...don't use your favorite book, because the pages might get some moisture on them.

Happy Indoor Gardening!

Wyatt

hardware and sausages

I love to go places with my Dad.

After we visited the hardware store across the street,

We shopped at this store.

It's "fondue and sausage night" at home tonight!

I think Stanzie and I might get a little cheese and a piece of crusty bread on our kibble tonight :D

THANK DOG for Dads!!

Wyatt

One Word Wednesday!