Gifts from a friend

So, a friend gave us 

some cookies.

Sister loved these mouse cookies.

Only a little creepy, right?

Cincinnati in the snow

Cincinnati is beautiful in the snow. 

There is a cool store,

Park and Vine,

which has super cool recycle

bicycle chairs,

and they are surprisingly comfortable.

Park and Vine also has a swell coffee cafe,

with super cool mobiles decorating the ceiling.

I saw Bicycle Santa, 

who told me that since I have been good this year,

he will bring me a new couch.

Mr. says not to hold my breath.

Another cool Cincinnati trick is the 

Food Truck.

We had a delicious lunch there.

I love the sweet potato fries.

The snow makes everything looks so pretty,

Even the highway back to the 'burbs.

Bob Cratchit Neckwarmer

My yarn stash and scraps have gotten out of hand.

My one basket has overflowed to 

THREE.

I knitted a scarf of fisherman's wool.

I began knitting the scraps,

trying a double seed stitch for the first time.

There wasn't enough for a full scarf...

but there was enough for this:

I call it the Bob Cratchit neck warmer.

We are pretty stingy with the heat,

and Mr. needed something to keep him warm.

Doesn't he look so happy!

And toasty!

Baking cookies

Rolling out the dough...

Cutting...

ready for the oven...

and finally,

the clean up. 

Now they all they need is icing.

Band Concert

7th Grade Band Concert

Sister is the only girl

who plays the trombone.

 Program:

Antagonist

Angels We Have Heard on High

Popcorn Prelude

All for Chanukah

Sister spent the majority of the concert

pretending that I wasn't trying to take her photo.

She finally looked at me.

Of the 15 photos I took,

this is the single photo 

where I could see her eyes.

Lucky for me,

Sister has a friend 

who loves to have her photo taken.

So, I got this shot,

one trumpet player,

one trombone player,

wearing matching hair ties.

Homemade gingerbread

Call me crazy, but last night I wanted to make gingerbread.

Martha Stewart has a great recipe.

It was  HUGE hit last year,

so this year... repeato!(Can you tell I am taking 2nd grade Spanish lessons?)

I mixed all the wet ingredients, and all the dry 

(in different bowls, of course).

The last wet ingredient is molasses 

and of course,

I had none!

Luckily, Mr. and Kroger came to the rescue 

and by 9:15PM, we had fresh, hot gingerbread.

Sister Too brought some to her teachers this morning.

Can you guess who cut the gingerbread?