Thin Mint Pancakes

I love Thin Mint cookies. I can't get enough of them this time of year.... so much so that when I read The Food Librarian's post about Thin Mint pancakes, I had to try it. They are truly yummy.

Slouchy Cardigan

It only took me forever to knit this sweater but I FINISHED! The Slouchy Cardigan from the Greetings from the Knit Cafe book. If you ever plan to knit is sweater, make absolutely sure you Google the errata. I must have a first edition book because I had to frog and start over on the sleeves. I'm happy I finished it though. It is my new favorite sweater!

The images aren't the best (and were taken right before bedtime!) but you get an idea of the cardigan.

B's 37th Birthday

B's birthday was really special this year because we had family in town. Every year we have fresh lobster on his birthday. As fun as this tradition is, it is amazingly difficult to find them the day after Christmas. This year I got smart and ordered them online from simplylobsters.com I ordered B a 4lb lobster! The lobsters came from Maine but were delayed arriving by a day due to the weather issues in the east. No problems though. We went to a Denver Nuggets game on his actual birthday and had our dinner a day later. I wish I had taken a picture of the lobsters but all of the scurring around trying to time everything for dinner made me temporarily forget to capture the moment. Bummer.

I'm glad B had a good day. We love you B!

Christmas Morning

A s a child, I remember the delight in finding Santa's gift on Christmas morning. Having little ones takes me back to those days. It's so fun to see their faces the moment they see their gifts from Santa.

Not Wanting the Season to End!

H ere are more pictures from our holiday. I'm just not wanting to say goodbye to the holidays. They just flew by so fast! Anyway, on Chritmas Eve, we put some faralitos outside our house. We were the only house in the neighborhood to do so. Faralitos are so common where I'm from (Santa Fe) so I'm always surprised that I never see the same here in Colorado. We're only one state to the north! Oh well. My fellow NM friends also put some outside their house here so I know I'm not alone in trying to have a Santa Fe Christmas.

We had a lot of fun decorating and lighting all of the candles!

Santa Brunch

S o if you read my blog and don't let your kids believe in Santa, please don't be offended but I've had three instances this year where kindergarten-age kids have told my kids that Santa isn't real. It just kills me that one of them said it to my 3-year old. I totally understand if you don't want your children to believe in Santa for whatever reasons you might have but it is so frustrating for our family who chooses to let our children believe. Really, can't we just let them believe for as long as we can? I think if B and I chose the path that we weren't going to let our kids believe, we'd really stress to them that some kids DO believe and to not go and tell them otherwise. One child in my daughter's class actually said, "Santa is dead." I'm afraid to ask why that is a better belief to have than Santa exists. But I digress....

Anyway, after all of the discussions about the reality of Santa were over, my kiddos went and visited Santa's "co-worker." We had a lovely brunch with Santa and even got to visit with two reindeer.

Bokeh

I 've been playing around with my camera. This time of year I see so many lovely Bokeh pictures online. Taking a bokeh picture is harder than you'd think--at least it was for me. Here is my attempt!