I LOVE Christmas....don't you?

Welcome to our home....

As you can see.....the tree is up! This year we made the choice to go with bows, snowflakes, some wooden ornaments and a few miscellaneous ones. We stayed away from the long sharp icicles this year for fear that Keely would not be able to leave them alone....and hurt herself. Amazingly, she has not disturbed the gifts under the tree at all. The ornaments fascinate her more that the gifts do. I'm sure that will change once she realizes she can tear them open.

Lots of cookies have been baked this year. I've been trying out a few new recipes.....some good and some not that great...but it's fun trying. Tonight I'm trying a new version of an old recipe I had.....blueberry cookies...YUM. There's something about those baking smells that really put me in the Christmas spirit. Cinnamon, hot chocolate, fireplace wood.....with a little mistletoe thrown in....;)

We'll be enjoying a Christmas close to home this year. Everyone is meeting over at my Grandma's house this year. I'm looking forward to a FUN gift exchange. We have a great time stealing the gifts from one another.....all in good fun, of course!

Hopefully, we make it up to the mountain for a little fun in the snow over the Christmas break. I can't wait for Keely to get big enough to start teaching her how to ski too....what fun.

From our home to yours......have a very Merry Christmas.