The Elves have been busy....

It's been at least 3 years since I've done any significant baking for Christmas. Here's what's cooking (I mean baking):

*Peanut Butter Blossoms
*Magic Cookie Bars
*Ginger Snaps
*Buckeyes (NEW!)
*Cappuccino Crinkles (NEW!)
*Brownie Biscotti (NEW!)

Yum! You'll have to come to one of the Christmas celebrations to get a taste....

Great Investment

I love my new food chopper from The Pampered Chef. It's one of the best investments I've made as of late. Chopping nuts for Christmas cookies has been a piece of cake. It's true that a food processor would do the job, but this is so easy and it can all be washed in the dishwasher. Love it!

First Haircut

My apologies to my family and friends for the lack of updates. It's been one cold/flu after another here....

Julia had her first haircut today. While I was sad to see her long locks go, she looks so much better. And now that she's determined to scream every time I comb her hair, this should make things easier. Here are the before and after pictures:

BEFORE (Shaggy-do)

AFTER

By the way, in stereotypical 2nd child fashion, the hair stylist (also named Julia) had to remind me to collect a few locks for the baby book. I forgot!