Last Day of School!

I sent Grant to school today in his PJ's and Santa hat.  Brett's preschool is having their Christmas party today.  They must be having fun because I can hear their happy voices behind my house.  (Since his school is right behind us).  It's a half day for Grant, and I'm so excited to get both boys home from school for lunch and then we're making a batch of Chex mix and watching the Polar Express!  And it's a rainy day!  I'm so excited to snuggle these kids and enjoy time together at home!

Yesterday I got to spend time with Grant at his classroom party.  It was so fun!  There were at least 10 parents there helping and I had a fun time chatting with the other mom that was helping the kids build powdered sugar donuts.  Grant has an awesome teacher and such a great group of kids in his class.

 I also made this wonderful cranberry bread yesterday!  This bread totally tastes like Christmas to me!  My mom made it when I was growing up and I get the best memories of Christmas when I eat it.

 Here's the recipe, just incase you want to taste it too!

Cranberry Bread

Sift together: 

2 cups flour

1 cup sugar

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

Add:

1 beaten egg

1/2 cup orange juice

2 TBS melted butter

2 TBS hot water

Mix Well.

Fold in 1/2 cup chopped nuts (I use pecans), and 1 cup cranberries that are cut in half.

Pour into well greased loaf pan.  Bake 1 hour and 10 minutes at 325.

Remove from pan immediately.  Rub top with butter (optional).  Store in refrigerator.

I've made mini loaves of this too and it works beautifully.  

Keith surprised me with a trip to the movies last night.  He arranged for his parents to come watch the kids and we took off to go see the new Star Wars movie.  It was good! And it was fun to spend some time together celebrating our anniversary on our actual anniversary.  And it's always great to let somebody else tackle bed time for us!  :)