Merry Christmas!

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas! Fingers crossed the blizzard gets out of here by tonight and we can make it to NYC in time for our flight to London tomorrow.

Have a happy and healthy New Year!


 

Cookie Swap

This year I got a little excited about baking cookies and decided to have a cookie swap. I was inspired by Etsy's Hostess with the Mostess printables and went with their colorful "Cookie Swap" theme.



 

I made "peppermint hot chocolate" cookie jars as a take home favor which included ingredients for 3.5 dozen cookies (minus the milk and butter). I also used the Navigator office party centerpieces as a way to bring in some festive table decorations. (They are all sitting in our basement right now.)



 

Because we don't have more than 4 wine glasses (they break pretty easily on our granite) that match I mixed in a few martini glasses and served champagne and sparkling pomegranate juice with frozen cranberries for a holiday drink.



 

I also made a huge batch of peppermint bark. We have some many cookies in this house its overwhelming!



We are officially on "holiday" around here. Scott and I have gone to see 2 movies in 2 days which is somewhat of a record. I would not recommend "This is 40" it was so bad we almost walked out. The "Silver Linings Playbook" however was very good but only 1 of the 2 of us would agree with that. Its a bit dramatic.

Hope everyone has a safe and happy Christmas!

Time to Celebrate

We have had quite the weekend of holiday parties starting off with the annual Navigator Holiday Christmas Party. This year it was at Franklin Park (which I got to help plan) and was really quite gorgeous with all the poinsettias and lights around the Palm House.  It is quite amazing to walk around the conservatory and see all the awesome displays, including one of all handmade gingerbread houses.  Tis the Season to celebrate!