Ugh. Why do I do this to myself?
You see, a couple of posts ago I talked about the road to Christmas and how it is sometimes a long road but the kids make it worth it, and the joy and the light and the spirit comes. So this week I was zooming along that road...the kids' school Christmas concert was a couple of nights ago and was lovely...here are some fuzzy shots and a really brief clip of Cassidy on stage...
(B: on the far right..serious but happy)
(C: beige pants, brown topped reindeer, clapping)
...and on top of that fun night, I also finished nearly all the Christmas shopping, my house is decorated and looks good, work is done as of Monday & I'll be on vacation for 2 weeks and snow is on the way - woohoo, white Christmas!
So I decided to have a fun, lovely evening with the kids...I bought a new Christmas CD, planned for Bryanna's favourite dinner (perogies) and bought baking supplies so we could all bake cookies from a new recipe together.
screeeeeeeechhhh!!!!!!!
Hmm. Apparently there was a sign on my road to Christmas saying
Okay, perhaps I missed a route marker earlier in the day when one of the recipe ingredients couldn't be found and I substituted something that looked the same.
And, yeah, there may have been bright flashing warning lights a little later saying go back! go back! when I picked up the kids from daycare and daughter #1 was in a really bad mood over a math test today.
But I finally took notice when I caught sight of the emergency vehicles circling around my visions of sugarplums as I overheard my dyanmic duo discussing the kid (@$#!!!*&!) in the grade 1 class of daughter #2 class who carefully and deliberately and harshly laid out the "truth" about Santa Claus today.
And still I kept going...surely Christmas was just ahead if only I could push on a little farther.
*sigh* Two batches of cookies later (varying the recipe) - baked on my own because daughters were doing their own thing and not in the mood for music, lights or baking, and mom had lost it at least twice - I ended up with a platter of these things...what looks like mud patties with bits of crayons in them:
(To see what they are SUPPOSED to look like, see the blog here of Conversations With a Cupcake.)
However, I guess mine taste okay. Bryanna did eat 2.
Maybe tomorrow the bridge will be fixed.
3 comments:
I'd eat 'em - they look tasty to me! And I know your niece would too. As my pragmatic English hubby always says "you can't manufacture a good time" no matter how hard you try. But I'm glad you did try!
Those first-graders though - such little party poopers...
Oh, Wahhhh! I'm so sorry they didn't turn out perfectly.perfect.
Taste is what matters most, though. Sprinkle a bit of powdered suga or smear a touch of chocolate frosting atop and you're good to go!
THANKS for letting me know you baked. Keep trying! It will come!
Well glad you enjoyed yourself we are home early from school my buses were cancelled but school wasn't closed until noon. So now all snuggled into home with a fire on, jammies on just watched Deck the Halls and realizing that we are on holidays for two weeks. YIPPEE. Take care, S
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