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  Picture from FirstCry Parenting Hello everyone! There are only five more days till Christmas. How exciting is that! Netflix has so many great Christmas movies to watch and in this post, I am going to tell you about four movies I have watched recently.  Deck The Halls Deck The Halls is a 2006 film starring Danny DeVito, Matthew Broderick, Kristin Davis and Kristin Chenoweth. It is about two men, Steve and Buddy, who are neighbors trying to outdo each other in decorating their houses for Christmas. Buddy wants his house to be seen from space, so he decorates his house extravagantly, which causes a conflict with Steve.  Holiday in the Wild Kristin Davis stars in this film as Kate, who embarks on a solo trip to Africa after her husband ends their marriage. When she is there, she and a pilot named Derek rescue a baby elephant. While she is looking after it, she realizes how much she loves the place.  The Claus Family A boy named Jules hates Christmas, but after he disco...

 It's the most wonderful time of the year! Here are simple ways to get into the Christmas spirit.  1. Decorate! Of course you will be putting up a Christmas tree but you can make your bedroom and whole house look festive. Hang up spare tinsel, lights and other ornaments and decor pieces. You could find cheap Christmas bedding, cushions, blankets and rugs for your bedroom and add a small Christmas tree in there.  2. Watch movies There are so many great Christmas movies on Netflix right now! Get the family or some friends together, make some popcorn and enjoy a movie marathon. I suggest The Knight Before Christmas, Snowbound for Christmas, Love Hard and all three Princess Switch movies.  3. Listen to music Search for Christmas songs on Spotify and create a playlist to play while you're doing things around the house, on the way to and from work and in the car. It's always nice to hear Christmas carols and songs.  4. Go Christmas shopping If you're purchasing gifts ...

For the first of my Christmas themed blog posts, I am sharing a recipe for Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer pancakes.These are delicious, so cute and sure to put a smile on your face in the morning.  Photo found on the web Ingredients 1 cup (250ml) milk 1 lightly beaten egg 1cup (150g) self-raising flour 2 tbsp butter 4 rashers bacon 4 white marshmallows 8 dark chocolate chips 4 strawberries Method Whisk together the milk and egg in a large bowl. Sift over flour and whisk until it is smooth. This is a basic pancake batter. Melt two teaspoons of butter in a frying pan. Pour in the batter to form a large circle, a smaller circle and two triangles. and cook it for a couple of minutes until bubbles form, flip and cook it for another minute until it is done. Remove it and set it aside. Repeat this until all the batter is finished. Cut the bacon rashers in half and cook it until it is crip. Put Rudolph together by placing the large circle pancake on a plate and placing the smaller pancake ...

This year is the twentieth anniversary of Harry Potter!!! The first film, Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone, premiered in 2001 and as a huge fan of the series, I had to mark the anniversary somehow so here I am sharing some behind-the-scenes facts from the movies.  Chris Columbus, who directed the first film, wanted Daniel Radcliffe to play Harry potter after seeing him in a production of David Copperfield . Daniel's parents initially refused to let him audition but agreed after Columbus convinced them that Daniel would be protected from the media J.K. Rowling was asked to portray Harry's mother Lily during the Mirror of Erised scene, but she declined due to her not being an actress and worrying she would mess it up. Geraldine Somerville ended up taking the role.  Both Robin Williams and Rosie O'Donnell wanted to be cast in the film without pay, but Rowling turned them down because she wanted a strictly British cast. Williams wanted to play Hagrid and O'Donnell Mo...

Picture from The Natural Mane It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! The holiday season is almost here and I am already getting into the spirit by planning Christmas themed blog posts.  Very soon, I will be sharing the best Christmas movies, recipes for delicious treats, gift guides, fun things to do in the lead up to Christmas day an many other exciting posts. I hope you will all enjoy reading these andmaybe get some ideas for your own Christmas celebrations. 

Hello everyone! For my first post of November, I want to introduce to you all another musician I have recently found and started listening to. His name is Jugpreet Bajwa and he is awesome! I have done some research to find out more about this incredible person and here is what I have found. Screenshot from Jugpreet Bajwa's YouTube channel Jugpreet Bajwa is 26 years old and from Vancouver, Canada. Jugpreet is an Indo-Canadian classical, folk and rock singer who can sing in 16 different languages including English, French, Hindi and Punjabi.  He has been trained in both Western and Indian Classical styles of music.  Sadly, he lost his sight due to eye cancer when he was only six months old but he never let that stop him from going for what he wanted.  At six years old, Jugpreet started performing on stage and he has participated in over 1000 shows.  In 2008, he performed in the Bollywood Ek Tara competition in Vancouver and in 2016, he performed in ZeeTV's SaReGaMaPa s...

Happy Halloween!!! Here are my favorite celebrity Halloween costumes.  Hailey Bieber as Britney Spears  Mindy Kaling as Elle Woods from Legally Blonde Vanessa Hudgens Kris Jenner as Cruella De Vil Chrissy Teigen, John Legend and their family as The Addams Family Lizzo as Baby Yoda