Wondering if it's obvious...

No posting about Xmas... no list of things that were unwrapped. OK, so I am taking the saying "Season's Greetings!" literally. I figure that if we get around to exchanging gifts during the season of winter... it still counts, right? So the gifts are still wrapped- mostly. Some still need wrapping. I just didn't want to have to rush around and feel all hurried and harried. It's my favorite part of the winter and I guess that if I want to prolong it, I can. Every one here is playing along. So we will be opening our gifts on Saturday, January 6th. It's only a 2 week delay... That seems to be my story, lately. I'm running 2 weeks behind.

Favorite things... This has become one of my favorite things. Our friend Khalid made us some Zahowie- I have no idea how to spell that, but it is phonetically correct, anyway. It is this extremely spicey sauce- a little like salsa- only on steroids. My kids love it, too. I found a recipe for Middle Eastern flatbread and we like to dip it in the Zahowie. We also like it on basmati rice. mmmm....

Bekah's Feast...

Rebekah is 5 and she is my pink, sparkling bundle of energy. This is her, "taking a nap." Notice the eyes are still wide open. She just lost her very first tooth and she is ever so pleased with herself. Her feast was sponsored by my friend, Tanya's, craft surplus. She had given me a box of craft odds and ends a while ago and I saved them for just such an occasion. We hung birds from the ceiling- at least a dozen, with real feathers. Doves and cardinals, mostly. With a couple pink and purple ones thrown in. There were bird nests on the table with more birds. Her appetizer was chocolate and strawberries. Bekah also had to have orange wedges because she had these little floral picks that needed mooring. They had santas and snowmen on them. She made grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup- along with popcorn. They like to put the popcorn in their soup. Plop! Every now and then a bird would come loose from his string and plummet to the table- none landed in the soup. She had orange pop to drink and she made cinnamon rolls for her dessert. We just got the type in a can and she lined them all up on the cookie sheet by herself. They were tasty. Her gifts were also from Tanya's craft stash. Xmas bandanas. They all put them on- the boys looked so cute with snowmen on their bandanas!