This past weekend our family was supposed to go to southern Missouri and St. Louis to visit extended family. Unfortunately, on the way down our seven year old got sick. So, we made it back home and she recovered. However, we had days at home that were supposed to originally be out of town. What did we do?

My daughter and I got some gifts wrapped. I found some good bargains on wrapping paper etc earlier in the week at Hobby Lobby. Their paper is excellent quality.

That morning, I shopped our basement pantry and brought up tomato sauce, broth, green beans, potatoes, squash, and apple butter. I put a vegetable soup in the slow cooker for supper and some au gratin potatoes and squash in the small slow cooker to go with pork meatballs for lunch.

What else to do on a strange day at home? When you’re not sure what’s next, make bread. My daughter and I made whole wheat rolls. She enjoyed helping me form them. By this point, she was 100% better.

After the kiddos had some show time, we played games, I washed dishes, and then we decided to craft some! Ornaments to gift is such a fun craft to make- generally I am not one to craft with the kids. *wink* But we had fun with this project. We each chose a different style to make (more on handmade ornaments in a later post!).

I did a bit of sewing in the afternoon, but you’ve already seen that (embellished gloves)! We enjoyed a biscuit bread with our soup for supper, topped with butter or apple butter. Delish! What a way to end a simple day.

On to December! Blessings!