Peanut Cookies - Very good crisp

While we were at Nana & Pa's place over break, the girls made some Peanut Cookies with Nana based on the recipe from Nana's grandmother!!! Yum!

Cards

And all the lovely cards ... so many lovely handmade cards made this year!

We All Ring In The New Year

Indy wasn't the only one who celebrated the new year. We did, too!

We had almost all of our usual trappings, but it's even more fun now that the girls are even more involved! We had the table & lights (decorated by M & C!), gifts (from us all, to us all - Molly made her own chapstick! & Clara made her own lotion bars! And I made Opa a lovely hat; and there was more!), everyone - even Clara - stayed up to midnight (although, as you can see, we all got a bit droopy towards the end), and we introduced sparklers this year. 

The next morning we ate a special loaf of bread (that Molly made!) with a dime in it. Lucky me - I found the dime! (and I didn't eat it). 

Indy Rings in the New Year

Indy the Cat helped us ring in the new year this year - taking turns on everyone's laps, looking sulky, and looking like she wanted to create mischief with the candles (she didn't get to do that!). 

Here's her view on the events of that night, plus the last photo, which is Indy on New Year's Day.