note to self

Now that we eat wheat free and relatively low carb,

making Christmas goodies is pretty low on my list of priorities.

Sure, 

I can healthify my recipes,

but then they aren't the same,

and really, we don't need to be eating a ton of treats, healthy or otherwise.

Yesterday, though, was our turn to bring snacks for 242.

(The kids love it when it's our turn.)

I decided since it was so close to Christmas, we should make a few Christmas treats.

I texted Tyler a list with all sorts of junk on it.

(He called to tell me that my text had somehow gotten messed up,

because there were things on there he knew I couldn't possibly want him to buy ;-)

So

we made the pretzels with kisses things.

Then we made a variation of them

using rolos and pecans instead of kisses and m&ms.

Then, we were going to dip pretzel rings in green-colored vanilla almond bark to make wreaths

but the almond bark got super thick when I added the food coloring (?)

so we got out the peppermints I had in the pantry for a craft,

smashed  them,

and mixed them in with the green almond bark and a few drops of peppermint e.oil

and made candy instead.

We also made bite-size caramel apples.

All the treat making (and accompanying mess-making)

about wore me out,

but the kids loved it.

Lily said,"It's the best Christmas ever."

All because we made a few goodies.

Note to self: it doesn't take much to make kids happy

and

dadgumit - just make the treats sometimes.
(and use nuts. and the word nuts ;-)