Feliz Navidad!

Sophie enjoyed her Christmas morning more than I thought...

She was very happy with her stocking. You can't go wrong with rubber duckies...

She was thrilled with watching the doggies unwrap their presents as well.

The doggies were happy, too. They love presents. Especially Mr. Nevaeh.

Our Family had Oyster Stew and Christmas pudding for Christmas Eve.

We went to a friends for Christmas Day supper. And then, we had our "special" family supper of Prime Rib on Boxing Day, afterwhich we went to a Christmas Levee at the Mess.

All around, it was a beautiful Holiday weekend! Unseasonally warm sunny weather, too!

Best wishes to all for the remainder of 2011!

We wish you all a Happy New Year.

Naughty or Nice....

Sophie and I had a little photoshoot yesterday afternoon. She was sooo good (untill I took the sucker away...)

She is almost 6 months old already. So hard to believe!

She is such a sweet little thing. I am so lucky to have her in my life! She is just wonderful...

Cookie Exchange

I attended my very first cookie exchange this year. I thought long and hard about what I was going to make... I knew I wanted something super yummy....something super Christmassy... So, I decided to invent Peppermint Bark Cookies. Basically just Chocolate chocolate chip cookies drenched in white chocolate and crushed peppermint pieces.


Now, I had to make 8 doz of them. No small feat with a small child that doesn't let you out of her eyesight.... or armslength...





Hours later... I thought up how I would package them, because from everything I've ever heard about cookie exchanges the package is just as important as the cookies themselves...

Here is what I left home with... 14 beautiful, bountiful bags of cookies.

Here is what I brought home with me...



I thought cookie exchanges were all about the packaging???

Guess I was way off base on that one!