Yup, I Made These

Well, actually my sister and I did these.  II couldn't have done these cute little snowmen without her. 

I've had some extra time on my hands, so I've been spending quite a bit of it in the kitchen.  This week I've made caramel corn (much bigger job than anticipated), chocolate chip banana bread, chocolate dipped pretzel rods (with nuts, sprinkles, or crushed candy canes), and of course these cute snowmen. 

Jordan and I had a great time with no major incidents except that we had difficulty with the candy canes for the pretzel rods, so after lots of effort, my sister finally drove over them with her car.  That worked :)  
If you know me at all, you know I've never done anything like this before in my life.  I guess there's a first time for everything.

 And thankfully, I'm not eating all of this myself.  I don't need to add too much stuff like this to my already growing body.  It's the season of giving, so It's a good time of year to be spending some extra time in the kitchen.

Parade of Lights 2011

I was anticipating lots of cute pictures from the Holland's Parade of Lights this past week, but this is it.  Our little guy has been playing hard, sleeping less, and fighting a mild cold.  He fell asleep in the garage on the way to the parade; he then slept through the entire parade (sirens, drums, horns, etc.).  Jon woke him up when we thought it was about half way, but it was finished, so he saw the last two parade participants.  By the way, nice parade, but where was Santa?  Was he supposed to be there?  We missed him.

Santa 2011 Take One

We're going to have give Santa another try this holiday season as this "Take One" didn't go so well.  We talked about it in advance, got excited, and practiced what we were going to say, but the kid absolutely panicked. This is the one picture we were able to take, so I'm hoping at some point we can get another one even though this one sure does tell a story.

Decorating the Christmas Tree

I always forget how much time it takes to decorate the tree and bring out all of our festive decorations.  But...Brighton actually helped out this year!  That was nice change.  He "helped" Jon hang a few lights outside too.  We took care of it all over Thanksgivng weekend.

 Brighton of course didn't help the entire time, and he had some ideas of his own for decorating this year (or ones that likely came from his Dad.)  No decorative tree skirt at our house right now; we've opted for a train instead.