Mama's Holiday Wishlist

1. What 5 items are on your holiday wish list this year?

• Beetles Rock band (Wii)
• a Serger - my sewing machine is great, but I want an upgrade
• a finished basement (our remodel is now almost 3 months behind) with a new washer and dryer
• snowshoes
• a new car that holds more than 2 kid carseats - a girl can dream right?

2. What is your favorite handmade gift you have received?

• a blanket that my mother crocheted when my daughter was born

3. What handmade gift have you always wanted to tackle?

• There's two: 1- make those old-fashioned silhouettes of my children for the grandparents. I just have no idea how to do them or where to start. 2 - build my daughter a doll house

4. What was the best Christmas gift you received as a child?

• My red-haired, green-eyed, freckle faced Cabbage Patch kid. It's one of the few Christmas gifts I remember getting as a child.

5. What items are on your kid’s wish list this year?

• My son - a voice changer Darth Vader Helmet or anything Star Wars, an outdoor fort/playset with a big tunnel slide like at McDonalds
• My daughter - a princess cape, princess play-doh, and a real Cinderella with all her mice to come live with us (we definitely have the mice in our back field - check!)

6. What is your favorite holiday food?

• My grandma Ila's rolls, peppermint tea, and Rolladen (a meat dish I was introduced to by my German husband. I make it for us every Christmas with sauerkraut and red cabbage)

7. What will you be hand-crafting for the holidays?

• a Christmas banner for over the fireplace
• some monster finger puppets to go with the children's book my hubby illustrated
• trying to get some more felt food made for the kiddos
• modge podged clothespin magnets for the neighborhood gifts
• a felted pin cushion for my new pearlized leaf sewing pins
• a few Christmas gifts that I can't reveal (or else It would ruin the surprise)

8. What is your favorite holiday movie?

• the old "Year without a Santa Claus" movie. We watch it all the time.

9. Favorite holiday song?

• I don't have one favorite song. But my favorite holiday album is by Sufjan Stevens (Songs for Christmas)

10. Favorite holiday pastime?

• snuggling up on the couch with nothing but the light of the Christmas tree, peppermint tea, a good book (or movie), and my hubby near by
• Building snowmen with the kids - it makes me feel like a kid again
• Sewing/Crafting. I get super crafty around the holidays and love seeing the finished products

Tag ... Your it!

I want to know how you'd respond to the same questions above -- no pressure ;)