Hoffman Hoopla: 2012

Friday, December 28, 2012

Insta-Friday... Christmas!!

Saturday

The Many Sweets of Christmas. We baked cookies all morning.

We made White Chocolate topped Gingerbread Cookies, Chocolate Hazelnut Crinkle Cookies, Tiger Bark, Spritz, and Chocolate Covered Pretzels

Watching the nutcracker

Liesel & Chris's Wedding!

Sunday

Here are the boys with all cookies.

Monday

Christmas Eve

I cheated on the gingerbread houses this year graham crackers and hot glue. After Mass we had Seafood Gumbo and decorated Gingerbread houses!! !!

Leaving out cookies and chocolate milk for Santa

Tuesday

Christmas Day!

After opening gifts and eating Holiday Breakfast Casserole we packed up the car and headed to Mandeville.

Hoffman Christmas

Opening gifts at Shay-Shay and Papa Andy's before enjoying a wonderful lunch.

We were also able to Face Time with Great-Grandma Gloria in London.

Marino Christmas

We went to my Parents house around 4pm and open gifts with them. Then we Skyped with Aunt Steff and Uncle Bogdan.

Wednesday

O'Meara Christmas

We had a wonderful day hanging out and visiting with family.

Santa brought Reece the chocolate fountain so we decided today would be a great day to try it out.

It is not very often that a 3years old gift can get 20+ peoples attention.

Robert got to wear Grandpa O'Mearas Christmas Vest since Colleen and Chris could not make it to Mandeville till that night.

O'Meara Family Picture

Thursday

Marino Christmas in Morgan City

We went to Morgan City for lunch. After visiting we headed home with the truck loaded with gifts the boys, Keith and I got this Christmas.

Friday

Today it was raining all day so we stayed home and played with new toys and games all day.

"Lil" Scrabble!! Grady got a triple word.

Sunday, December 23, 2012

about 5 doz

1 c butter
¾ c sugar
1 egg
1 tsp almond flavoring
¼ tsp salt
2 ½ c flour

directions
Cream butter, sugar, egg, almond.
Add flour & salt
Place dough in cookie press. Form desired shapes on ungreased cookie sheet. Decorate with colored sugar

Bake 375 check at 8 mins

Friday, December 21, 2012

Insta-Friday

Sunday

Grady told Keith, "Mom is wearing baby small shorts. Because they are too short."

Grady has CCD every other sunday from 5:30 to 7, so on those days we eat supper when he gets home. Well apparently they had an unannounced Christmas party tonight, on the way home Grady told Keith he had 7.5 cupcakes. Not a surprise but Grady was not hungry for supper and had a stomach ache.

I opened this package today and look what FedEx wrote on the box... the country! I love it!!

Here is the ornament I bought last year for our first Christmas at our New House.

Monday

Bird Seed Ornaments for Grady's Teacher

Tuesday

Red Box DVD codes and popcorn for Grady's Teacher

Wednesday

Monogram Mugs, Homemade Instant Hot Chocolate Mix & Homemade Marshmallows for Grady's teacher.

Reece told me today, "Mom you are ruining my Christmas."

I won another House Party. This time it is a New Years Eve Hasbro's Game Night!!

This is the 3rd party I have been able to host.

Thursday

Amish Friendship Bread for Grady's Teacher and Bus Driver.

Grady had his school Christmas Party today. Papa Andy took us out to supper and spent the night.

Friday

Polar Express Day at Grady's School, the students wore their pajamas to school watched the movie and came home early.

We gave our neighbors Bird Seed Ornaments and Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix or Amish Friendship Bread.

DIY Gifts!

Cute way to give cash!

Wedding Invitation Ornament

I made this as part of a wedding gift for our friends that are getting married tomorrow.

I feel relaxed and ready for Christmas, all the gifts are wrapped and under the tree. Keith and Grady are off for 2weeks. Tomorrow we will make our Many Sweets of Christmas and enjoy our time together. I hope everyone has a Safe and Merry Christmas!!

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Polar Express

Last week I read a post on a blog a read regularly that she was going to take a trip on the minivan express. After reading about it I knew I wanted to do it.

Friday after we went to Santa at Bass Pro we watched The Polar Express movie (we wanted to watch it again since we did not think Reece remembered it from last year). The rest of the night continued as normal Keith started the boys bath and I hid golden tickets for the Polar Express on their beds. I packed the car with hot chocolate, popcorn (I bought a popcorn tin so we could enjoy a couple favors) and got the christmas music ready.

As the boys were putting on their pajamas they found their tickets. We told them to put on their sippers and get in the car, they were so excited.

Before the boys got in the car I holed punched the tickets (like the movie).

Then we drove around Central looking at Christmas lights.

We all had a wonderful time riding around in the "Polar Express." The boys loved having hot chocolate in the car and kept making sure they did not lose their golden tickets (a girl in the movie loses her ticket). I think this might be a New Christmas Tradition.