We had a huge snow storm the weekend before Christmas with over a foot of snow:



Yes, I did send my kids out in the storm to shovel the driveway with their dad. Mostly they just ate snow, but at least they got some fresh air, right?
We made a homemade ginger bread house with stained-glass windows. In case anyone wonders, the excessive icing is indeed an indicator that I had a ridiculous amount of trouble getting the house to stick together. This little house was so much work and there were several times where I was ready to throw the thing in the trash and get the kit from a craft store. It was mostly fun, though. We may even do it again if I get enough distance between myself and the royal icing.



We made several different kinds of cookies:


Yes, that is my son's thumb in the cookies you may have eaten. I'm pretty sure his hands were washed...(I can only do so much domestication at a time.)
This is a favorite of mine - he does this little smirk sometimes and it is so adorable:

Of course there was also Christmas but in all the above domestication, I have somehow still neglected to get a good picture of my children in front of the Christmas tree. Here are a couple of shots from Christmas Eve to hold you over until I get it done. Or my tree dies - whichever comes first.

