Christmas cards sent out, stockings are hung, gifts are wrapped… our house is ready for Christmas.

Gifts from my coworkers… 🙂

Good morning my tired but happy girls!

Belgium waffles & bacon quiche for breakfast 

Morning activity: Making bath bombs…

These are the dreamcatchers the girls made! They did a wonderful job!

Chloe’s dreamcatcher

The guests left around 12:30 and Chloe wished they could stay for another night… It was a sweet little party. Happy birthday my daughter!

Making dream catchers…

Snacks for the movies!

Watching “Bend it like Beckham” through a projector

Lights out at 11:30 p.m… heard giggles and laughter until past 1 a.m… Sweet dream…

I smashed the cake to her face and she loved it! lol

For dinner I made penne alls vodka, 

& Roasted butternut squash salad with apple and cranberry vinaigrette (my fav!)

My happy guests.:)

I made blanket tent in the basement for Chloe and her guests to sleep.

Matching sleepers for the guests

Cozy fire pit 🙂

Fluffy sleep masks

DIY Dreamcatcher Station

I love how it turned out…despite the small hiccup when  I fell off a chair while putting the fairy lights and had a minor concussion… but it’s all good now. 🙂 Oh…the things I do…

By 3 pm this afternoon, I was all nice, cozy and comfy in my pjs, in my bed, enjoying my lazy Sunday (for once!) catching up on my favorite show, Fixer Upper, when this girls kept insisting that we HAVE TO get our Christmas tree today. Since we’ve been getting our trees right after Thanksgiving day for the last few years, she wants to make it our family tradition.

So…we made it out.

I was so tired, I was seeing double..

Shoving down a donut very skillfully.

That’s the one we picked!

Happy campers !!!

I admit, I’m glad she dragged us out of the house to get the tree. Kudos to you Chloe! 😉

Flowers: Artificial thistle flowers + silver dollar eucalyptus + seeded eucalyptus + lambs ear leaf.

Here’s what I cooked up today:

Mushroom with caramelized shallots and fresh thyme, recipe here This was my favorite! It had so much flavor and so easy to make.

Cranberry sauce

Stuffing, gravy, roasted beet & arugula salad and sauteéd green beans.

My sister in-law brought mashed potatoes, yam and blueberry pie. 🙂

Here’s my 20 lbs turkey used WS Fruit & spice liquid brine this time

Cousins love

Let’s feast!

We are all busy making Thanksgiving dinner. (except for Shane who’s been playing video games in the family room.) 

Chloe is determined to perfect her apple pie again with a little help from Andrew. 

Ta da~ Chloe’s apple pie!
She wrote a really cool essay about her apple pie two years ago. Hope she writes about this one too!