The Holidays...

My plan for the holidays...did not go as planned. My decorating with minimal, my baking was limited and holiday spirit was somewhat lack-luster. Let's just say that I'm already making a new plan for next year, and hoping that with a year of plotting it will be a bit better.

Now it wasn't that everything was awful, just not what I really wanted it to be. Too high of expections - perhaps. Actually that is exactly what happened. I'm trying not to do that sort of thing, but that is a hard habit to break.

Regardless of the outcome, there were a few peaks in the journey:

My Cranberry-Pear Pie

(it had a crumble topping - and I loved it. I was branching out with the cranberries, but since it is a holiday food I thought it was a great time to try. I am saving this recipe to make again!)

My Chocolate Pie

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Christmas Treat for my son's Preschool Party

I was very excited about how these turned out.

Super cute and fairly easy to make.

As the season progressed I was inspired by some new books and blogs. So I've started my list for next year and am trying not to raise my expectations already!