This has been an unusual week. A few days before this picture was taken we were still wearing shorts and getting too hot outside. When we woke up on this day snow had fallen! It's Texan snow, so it didn't stick around for long - but here's the proof it existed. :o)
December 8: We couldn't find any books about St Nicholas at the library so we watched a series of short clips on Youtube instead. I'm not sure J understood it, but he sure listened.
December 9: We lit the second candle in our Advent wreath.
December 10: We made gingerbread men. We didn't ice them, but J loved cutting out the smallest ones (about an inch tall) and C thought they tasted the best! (He was only really interested in eating that size.)
December 11: We made paper snowflakes since the overnight snow wasn't going to stick around. At first I tried sticking them to the window with just water, but as they dried they peeled off, so eventually I used tape. You can see them in the window in this picture.
December 12: We made 'gingerbread' houses out of graham crackers, some Halloween candy I had stashed, and some mints I bought last week (for their authenticity factor in gingerbread decorating).
They came together well.
J soon worked out he could eat more sweets than he stuck on!
It was cute hearing him count them as he stuck them on.
And here's C's one (well, that's what I'm telling J because he stripped his of its candy within 5 minutes of finishing!)
December 13: We had a cleaning day, to beautify the house for Christmas. Now there is less dust, the nativity is out, Daddy's desk is orderly and some furniture has been moved.
December 14: We made some 'Chex mix'. I ended up adapting the recipe on the back of the generic cereal I bought (see below). It was dubbed our "treat snack mix" and doled out in small quantities.
The boys loved it, but it sure was 'melt on your face not in your hand'.
(Yes, for some reason J wanted to sit on the book to eat. It wasn't worth a fight!)
1/4 c butter or margarine
1/4 c peanut butter
1 c chocolate chips
3 c corn Chex (or corn squares cereal)
1 c Cheerios (we had multigrain)
1/2 c icing sugar
1/2 c mini marshmallows
Melt the butter, peanut butter and chocolate in the microwave 30 seconds. Stir and continue to zap and stir in 10 second increments until melted. Add the cereals. (I also had the end of a bag of sliced almonds which I threw in too.) Stir until evenly coated with the chocolate mixture. Spread in a single layer on a lined tray and refrigerate 20 minutes or until set. Break into small chunks and place in a sealable bag with the icing sugar. Shake to evenly coat the cereal. Add marshmallows (or any other treats - M&Ms would add colour) and shake to distribute. Store in the fridge in the bag.
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