Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to you and yours! if you don't celebrate Christmas, i wish you happy holidays! i hope you enjoy the time off! i've been taking advantage of this time to sleep in, trying to kick this cold that came back for round 2, and catching up. for me, this time of the year is about family. a few weeks ago, i took a day and did all the gift shopping then as well as decorating the house. i then baked like a mad woman, hoping to infuse the smells of the holidays into the house. i hope you enjoy the pictures of my home decorations. i'd love to hear what you do in your home to make it festive and what your plans are these next few days.

i hope you have a wonderful holiday and wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart for visiting and supporting my blog. you all make this blog such a fun and rewarding place to be. 

each year at school, my sons make an ornament craft. this year, our youngest made a papier mache musical piece ornament. my sister-in-law has also been giving one ornament to them each year since they were babies, so we are collecting ornaments for them. when they are older, and have a tree and family of their own, they will have their starter set. it both warms my heart and saddens me a bit to see the ones from years before. my kids are growing too fast. below is the beginnings of either a big fat snowman, or a massive fort. the boys haven't decided yet what they want to do. there is plenty of snow here, so i'm sure they could do both if they wanted to! baking-wise, my traditional raspberry thumbprints have been a success again. i did four batches and they're all gone now. i'll whip up a few more this week. 

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