Merry Christmas

I seriously cant believe that Christmas has come and gone already! We had so much fun during the holidays. Amir especially. He loved the gingerbread house making, tree decorating, present opening - all of it. 

This was the first year without my brother being here but I got to talk to him on the phone. He had an hour and a half to talk. It was pretty amazing. He also has one awesome British accent!

Here are a few pictures from our Christmas morning:

 He could tell which ones were his. They were all wrapped in Toy Story paper. :)

 He was very interested in one of the books we got him. Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb. He was discussing the quality of the book when I took this picture.

 His new ottoman. He liked playing IN it rather than opening it. We put a Bumblebee Pillow Pet  in it and he said: "OH! This is from Sami!" (My brother who is on his mission) Hilarious.

 Next were some gifts from Grandma W. Before he opened this he shook the box and said: "Oh! Tools!" ... He was right. Play-doh tools!

 By the end of unwrapping he was a little burned out. The last one he picked up and said "Oh, another book" and just set it back down without even opening it. He was right, it was another book. Ha!

Our Tree this year. Brown, Green & White birds. Yep, year number two where the cats used it as their home. 

Mini Pies

This year for Christmas I decided to make mini pies as part of gifts for friends and family. They were super fun to make and I found the idea here.

I made blueberry & apple. I got packaged pie crust and canned filling. 

Supplies: Canned filling, pie crusts, cookie cutters (I used Amir's transformers cup for the crust and the cookie cutter with the star center for the tops of the apple pies) brush, mini cupcake tin & egg whites.

Apples. Only fill about half way , some of mine exploded because I put waaayyy too much in the first time. :)

The blueberries were super fun but really time consuming to do the tops. I just cut strips of the unused pie crust. Brush the tops with egg whites.

Bake each batch for 15 min on 350 F. 

TAA DAA!! Finished products. They taste delicious!

Aquarium

On Monday we took a trip to the Aquarium near our home. Amir LOVED it, I wish we would have gone sooner. There were a lot of kids there but we still got to see everything. 

He thought he was king of everything. He was pretty awesome. 

Sea Horses snuggling. Amir LOVES Sea Horses. 

Shark, he was sleeping.

 Giant Clam. It really was giant.

 This was the biggest lobster I have ever seen. It was amazing.

This thing was cool. I cant remember what it was. :( 

Tiger Shark. In the same tank as this guy was a Sea Turtle. I tried getting a picture but he moved too swiftly. :) 

Cake Pops & a Birthday!

Today was Baby G's 1st birthday. To help him celebrate I made Owl Cake Pops & Cupcakes. :)

Happy Birthday Baby G!

Idea by: Bakerella