I sincerely hope all
of you had a very wonderful and Merry Christmas. I was feeling enormously blessed on Christmas
day and I still am. We officially began
our Christmas celebration on Friday after I got home from work, although, to be
honest, it has truly been a month of celebration beginning right after
Thanksgiving weekend. Time spent with
friends and family is extra special to me and there was a lot of that this
holiday season.
Homemade Clam Chowder |
On Christmas Eve we
prepared our traditional Clam Chowder supper.
I made a large pot of chowder in my great grandmothers old pot along
with homemade cheesy garlic drop biscuits.
The girls always count on me making this meal every year and eagerly
look forward to it. I do too!
At 7:30 Christmas morning, it was so quiet out and very pretty |
Christmas morning we
awoke to a fresh layer of snow that had begun to fall as we were finishing
supper the night before. It was so
pretty. I put on some of our favorite
Christmas music on the Victrola and then, just as the girls were getting up it
began, to snow again. You couldn't ask
for a better back drop for opening presents.
And now I finally get to show you the gifts I was
working on for my girls.
Santa seriously
stuffed their stockings.
We watched the movie that afternoon |
And he brought us an
Echo Dot and one of our favorite movies on DVD.
I finished making
the underwear!
And I also made them
teenager approved pajama sets.
Flannel bottoms with
knit T-shirts and camisoles in coordinating colors. The fun flannel prints were a hit!
My youngest loves to
do manicures and pedicures so she got plenty of nail polish, a set of embellishing
tools and a portable nail dryer. The
kitties and the chickens got her a cover for her cell phone.
Lenny likes the paper |
My oldest wanted a
new pair of black ankle boots. The
kitties and the chickens got her a bag of Lindor truffles.
Oooooooh yes! |
I also got each of
the girls a big package of colorful socks.
We got the kitties each a new catnip mouse. Those were a definitely a hit and we made the
chickens a suet cake.
Love these! |
The girls got me some
yummy smelling wax for my Scentsy warmer, a nice set of gel pens for crafting, a
cute little stuffed puppy dog, a big box of tea and two tubes of
Chapstick. Perfect!
For breakfast I put
a homemade coffeecake in the oven to bake while we opened gifts. Then I cooked up some breakfast sausage and
scrambled some eggs to go with it.
This is what a year's worth of planning and preparation gets reduced too |
One of my favorite tasks is the Christmas cleanup. Call me crazy, that's okay. This year the girls were totally into it too as we went through everything and collected any reusable tissues, bows, gift bags and boxes.
My goal is always to have minimal trash and once again this year we were
successful and filled up one small grocery bag to go to the curb. Yay!
And we have quite a few things to reuse next year!
That afternoon the
girls headed out to shovel snow and I made an eggnog cheesecake for our dessert. Boy oh boy was it good. None of us are big eggnog fans here, but this
cheesecake was surprisingly good and may make us converts.
Yorkshire puddings pulled straight from the oven |
We enjoyed an early
supper with all three of us in the kitchen getting it done. My youngest set a beautiful table and served
up the beverages and put out the condiments.
My oldest sautéed the green beans and I made Yorkshire puddings, New
York Strip steaks with Au Jus and baked some potatoes. It was heavenly and we were feeling pretty
darn blessed when we sat down at that table.
A couple hours later we served dessert.
Oh good gracious! |
The day went by way
to fast, as it always seems to, and I couldn't have asked for a nicer
Christmas. I hope your day was extra
special as well.
you made such lovely gifts ! the pajama pants and underwear looked store bought - perfect !!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful living room too !
Thank you, thank you! It was a lot of fun making them.
DeleteA very beautiful and blessed celebration! Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteIndeed. Thank you and Merry Christmas to you as well!
DeleteI have been waiting for this post! I never got those panties off my mind from your earlier post. They are so cute! I love the flannel pants and pj sets. Very cute flannel prints. I love clam chowder and your steak plate looks delicious. I'm glad you girls had a very Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteLOL, that is so funny! The girls love their new panties. I hope your Christmas was wonderful.
DeleteSounds wonderful. The sets were cute, and looked professional
ReplyDeleteThose fabrics were fun, pizza pants! :) All the food looked amazing ! You have lovely daughters. The back yard is big and looked so pretty in the snow. I hope your family has a truly wonderful New Year! I enjoyed your post.
Thank you Annie. I like the pizza pants too! So glad you enjoyed post. Hope you have a wonderful New Year as well.
DeleteI tried to comment last night but my ipad ate it! :)
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your Christmas post. It was fun seeing the nice things you made your girls. I can't wait to see your new projects for 2018.
Thanks Candace. I think you'll like what I've got planned. I'm having a lot of fun!!
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