Tuesday

Apparently Wes knows how to unwrap the plastic off of new bottles of glitter and unscrew the lids. I spent quite a bit of time cleaning up glitter yesterday along with packing, shopping and wiping noses (see close up of Wes' picture). That is probably why I look so tired in this picture.

We sold our house!

Finally! We are moving this week and heading to Idaho for Christmas, see you soon!



Here is a cute one of Mabel wearing a little sweater I wore when I was a baby, she's a doll.

Goodies

Wes and I had tons of fun making these peppermint patties. I found the recipe in a book of fun things to do with kids, they taste just like York peppermint patties. Wes especially liked dipping them in the chocolate. I made up some of these little goody boxes for neighbors but only one got delivered before it got either eaten or destroyed by Wes. You seriously need to make these with your kids it's so fun and easy and you don't even have to bake them.




Peppermints

1 egg white
1.5 cups powdered sugar
a few drops peppermint extract
2 oz semi-sweet chocolate chips

Whisk the egg white in a bowl until frothy. Sift in the confectioners sugar and stir until stiff (I had to add extra since I used an extra large egg). Add a few drops of peppermint extract and knead it into the mixture (I added more than just a few drops to get a good peppermint flavor). Roll into balls and place on parchment paper on a baking sheet. Press flat with fork and leave them to set for 24 hours. Melt the chocolate in a double boiler. Dip each peppermint into the melted chocolate and place back onto the baking sheet until the chocolate has solidified.

Apples!

Wes wakes up every morning and says Apples! He spends most of his day sitting on the presents saying apples! and lights! and pretending to feed apples to all of his animals. It's so much fun.

We pretty much just did wreathes and a tree this year for decorations, although we have never really done outdoor decorations so that was fun. Please ignore the garbage cans.

Holiday Decorating . . .

In Progress!



PS yesterday Wes dumped corn syrup all over the carpet and today he scratched up the screen on our new flat screen tv with a pair of scissors. My goodness, I hope me and John never caused our parents this kind of grief!

Blessing

On Saturday we blessed Mabel at home with about 45 friends and relatives. John gave her a beautiful blessing and then we spent time eating and hanging out with everyone. Rose lent her these little shoes that my mom wore when she was blessed, either my grandma or great grandma made them, they matched perfectly.