We tried to keep the treat making simple this year since we had so much going on and we ended up making Carmel apples which is one of our favorites. We tried a new combination this year of caramel, pretzels and chocolate-it was pretty yummy if I do say so. We also tried candied apples, which were beautiful but very hard to eat. Peter sure did enjoy trying to though!
We spent the few days prior to Christmas at my parents house where the kiddos has a sugar filled afternoon decorating sugar cookies (and mostly licking off the frosting and sprinkles).
We spent Christmas Eve night and Christmas day at home. It was so fun to create those memories with our children, learning about the birth of our Savior and his love for us and the fun childhood part of presents and Santa. Peter was so excited to leave cookies out for Santa and carrots for the reindeer. One of the first things he said when he woke up Christmas day was "Santa is here" and we had to go look and see if he made a visit. He had been waiting for months to get his train tie from Santa and was not disappointed to see it laying beside his stocking.
Here is our little OCD man, he lined up every item in his stocking on the couch as he pulled it out...until Isaac found it of course.
A few days after Christmas we got our first snow! Peter has really been into snowmen this year and has watched Frosty the Snowman I don't know how many times, he even started referring to himself as a snowman as he goes around quoting the movie and singing the song. So we of course had to make a snowman even if it was a tiny little guy.
Here he is sporting his helmet while drawing on his easel...he kept telling Alan "thank you daddy" over and over for half an hour after he put it together for him...it has been a great outlet for his creativity.
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Love the pictures and stories! Especially the little snowman!! I'm so jealous you moved so close to my fmaily and not to me. Thanks for posting. It's always fun to read.
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