Christmas Recap

I hope everyone enjoyed their holidays!

Ours consisted of a nasty stomach flu - what joy! But, we did manage to catch a few photos.

Christmas morning gifts from Santa

 All I have to do is teach him to bring that foot forward and I think I have a rider on my hands :)

Christmas Eve with Cousin Benny & Santa!



Everybody knows....

a turkey and some mistletoe....

help to make the season bright!

On the 12th Day...

....of Christmas, my true love gave to me.....Anxiety?

Did you know there are 12 days until Christmas? And I am in total anxiety because I have NOTHING done! Where does the time go. I still have the majority of my shopping to do and I have nothing baked yet! This is very unlike me. Does this mean I am offically an adult since the holiday seems to be more work than excitment now? I still have Christmas cards to mail, cookies to bake, gifts to buy and wrap and I need to buy a holiday outfit for my child to wear and get him to see Santa and have his picture taken. I realize he wouldn't know the difference this year, but I would! And not doing these things would be unacceptable!! Note to self - step up the A-game next year and get on the ball ;)

So today, I am sharing with you some recipes that I should already have baked and sitting out on my counter!

Toasted Coconut Marshallows

Grandma's Spritz Cookies

Tell me, what is a tradition for you to bake in your home during the holidays?

'Tis the Season

Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall. 

~Larry Wilde, The Merry Book of Christmas

The Annual Tree Hunt

Yesterday was our annual tree hunt. It is tradition every year to go the day after Thanksgiving. Seeing as it was in the 60's, it felt a little odd, but none the less. And it was the babe's very first!!

Buying a real Christmas tree can be a hefty cost when you are on a tight budget :) And we just so happened to discover a place 15 minutes from our house this year that was selling all their trees, u-cut, for $20 -- any tree, any size. How could we pass that up.



Of course, it was a no frills kind of visit! No horse drawn wagon to take us out in the fields!



And no sled to drag the tree back with :)

Ha! Sorry, these pictures make me laugh!

But that is ok. Things like this are what make traditions all the more fun - you never know what will happen. We had the whole tree farm all to ourselves and there was a cute old lady at the house who took our $20 and watched us tie it onto the roof of the car.

Now today, I decorate!