T'was the night before Christmas

and Yoda Santa was getting ready for our festivities.

Cookies were decorated for Santa

Grandma, Grandpa and Kelly joined us for a special dinner and some Christmas cheer

the boys decorated Grandpa

Lots of Christmas stories were read

Good food was enjoyed

Presents were exchanged math theorems were explained

...and to all a good night!

more plum craziness

I experimented a little more this year, since we had plums breaking limbs off the tree, we couldn't pick them fast enough.

I tried a plum jalapeno salsa...it was interesting. I'm not a big fan of jalapenos, but I liked it with chips. Shawn liked it too but after a day or two in the fridge, it was done. This is a salsa that needs to be eaten the same day it is made.

I also made Upside-down plum blueberry cupcakes...so delish! I adapted this recipe. I will DEFINITELY make this again and again and again! I wish I could make another batch but I don't dare buy plums from the store, they just don't taste the same! I also made homemade turnovers using frozen puff pastry...super easy and super yummy. I just put about a tablespoon of jam in a square of dough, egg washed the sides and top and baked according to directions. So super yummy!

Spooky Food

Candy Coated Nutter Butters The spider made several appearances this week...this time in Logan's pumpkin bread Halloweenie Spaghetti Spiders