Laowai

This Christmas is going to be different. We won't be traveling to Michigan. We won't be spending Christmas Eve with Grandma J. and Christmas morning with Gramma C. No playing with grandma's dog. No shared meals. No helping to decorate the tree. No Christmas hugs.

But thanks to the grandmas we will have the usual Christmas sweets. We got two very special packages this week. One form Gramma C. full of some of our traditional favorites: pecan pie bars, millionaire shortbread, Nutella peanut butter balls and lemon pie bars. And one from Grandma J. with her addictive caramel puffs and some sweetly decorated shortbread cookies.

So thank you Grandmas! We are comfort eating ourselves silly and that's OK!

We also didn't get to have our gingerbread party this year. It was just us girls carrying on the tradition. Bea's house features each type of fish that she has in her aquariums. And Claire went all out with her Smarty roof this year. 

And even though we are overflowing with sweets I still have some baking to do. I need (need – ha) to make more gingerbread for eating because Brian and I agree that it is sooooo good with a cup of coffee. And I must make the Stollen bar recipe that I found and loved last year. 

Hope your house if full of soothing holiday sweets too.