Friday, December 16, 2011

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas...

Never mind that it was 60 degrees in D.C. yesterday...it's still beginning to look a lot like Christmas at the Hartings' household. We've got the tree trimmed, the cookies baked, (most of) the presents wrapped, and innumerable construction paper crafts hanging on the fridge!

It's been a festive couple of weeks around here. We decorated our first gingerbread house, thanks to a very generous friend who is a fabulous baker. We made five dozen butter cookies with friends one day, and then iced and sprinkled four dozen sugar cookies with our neighbors a week later (don't even ask who's eating all of them...I won't fess up!) And last weekend, Kaitlyn and I went to see a children's version of the Nutcracker Ballet, complete with a half-hour lesson at the end. Kaitlyn kept leaning over to whisper, "This is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen!" She may not be graceful, the poor dear, but she knows grace when she sees it!

Now it's time to kick back, put on some Christmas movie classics, and feast on sugary treats before we all head to Ohio to be with family. Merry Christmas!!











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