First Time Mom and Losing It

I have been homeschooling my daughter everyday for a few months now. To make it fun for her I found some amazing Christmas themed lessons. She has been more enthusiastic about these lessons but still gives me a hard time sometimes. I wanted to create a Christmas Tree that we could hang up but that also had a lesson included with it. I decided to create the Christmas Tree with some pom poms because that is my daughter's favorite.

First I created the template by creating a green tree and adding some circles. I colored in some of the circles to stand for the ornaments. The circles are the placement holders for the pom poms. I had tons of pom poms but not enough green so I went to to my local craft store to pick up a bag of green pom poms. Then I found some sparkly pom poms for the ornaments.


I printed out the Pom Pom Christmas Tree template onto some card stock so that the art piece would be more durable and easier to hang on the wall. Once I printed out the template I placed it onto my daughter's learning table and spilled out the pom poms next to her. Then I asked her if she could help decorate the Christmas tree by adding the pom poms were they belonged.

To make the process a little less messy I placed some Aleene's Tacky Glue onto a little paper cupcake cup that I had. This way she could dip it in instead of squeezing a ton of glue onto each pom pom. Since the Aleene's Tacky Glue is thicker it helps the pom poms stick on better and stay on faster. When all of the pom poms were placed we let it dry for a few hours before putting it on the wall. I used foam mounting tape to hang up the beautiful pom pom tree.

What Christmas themed lessons or crafts do you do with your kids? 

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I saw one of these on Facebook months ago and I have been wanting to own one ever since. They were pretty much sold out everywhere I looked so when I got the chance to review one I jumped at the opportunity. I have naturally wavy/curly hair with some frizz so I love to straighten my hair whenever I am going on date night with my husband or to an event. Straightening my hair just makes me feel more polished.


My hair is really long and thick so it takes me a long time to straighten it. I have used so many different hair tools. I have tried to just blow dry my hair with a rolling brush and blow dryer but that took forever. Using curling irons and flat irons always caused me to burn myself or miss the roots of my hair so I always had a little frizz on my hairline.


Then came the Brush Straightener from Magicfly. All you have to do is turn it on and comb your hair just like you was using a regular brush! It is so easy to get every piece of hair straightened without having to take little pieces and putting it through a flat iron or curling iron. It was super easy to get my roots so I didn't have to worry about flyaways on my hairline. It straightens your hair in just seconds so you there will be less damage to your hair from the heat.

Since I got to review two of them I am gifting one to my mom for Christmas. She is always asking me to straighten her hair so this way she can do it by herself and more often.

Click on the link to find out more information and order the Pink Straightener Brush or the White Straightener Brush.

I found this delicious Brussels Sprouts recipe on a Thanksgiving special on the food network years ago. It was the first time I tried brussels sprouts and the recipe was so good that I feel in love with the vegetable. I have been making it every year for Thanksgiving and Christmas ever since. It tastes so good and is so rich but I only really make it twice a year. Since the original version uses flour to thicken up the creamy sauce I decided to try to make a low carb version with guar guar gum instead. The other ingredients are pretty low carb so I didn't have too much trouble converting it.



Keto / Low Carb Creamy Pancetta Brussels Sprouts

• 1/2 pound fresh Brussels sprouts
• 1 ounce pancetta, diced
• 1/2 tblsp butter
• 3/4 cup heavy cream
• 1 tblsp sherry
• 1/4 cup + 1 tblsp grated Parmesan cheese (save for topping)
• nutmeg
• sea salt
• black pepper
• guar guar gum