I realized today we have 17 days till Christmas! I hope all the presents I ordered this week come in on time.

Here’s our week . . . .

Planes all lined up along the airfield.

And a brief inspection before take off.

I finally made the switch from Halloween/Fall to Christmas/Winter this week.

We all experienced our first Gingerbread House building this week. It was much easier than anticipated thanks to Trader Joe’s.

Question: Do you eat the house after you complete it? Mark and I got in a long discussion about this issue. I ended up Googling it.

They were so proud . . . 

but they couldn’t keep their slimy hands off of it for me to take a good picture.

We put up the tree.

I made a bacon wrapped shrimp and tacofied three of them.

All my morning walks this week were misty, but warm. It was a weird sensation.

Life is so much easier when these two can get along.

Someone was nibbling on the pears . . . Silas.

Silas likes pickles.

The boys did a Home Depot project this Saturday with Dad. They made Tic-Tac-Toe boards.

They would not cooperate for a picture.

If one brother does, it must be cool.

Dad also took them Burger King for ice cream.

He wouldn’t leave without his fireman helmet.

This means MARSHMALLOWS!

I experimented with chocolate and cinnamon this year. 

They taste like hot chocolate in a small bite.See you next week!