Week in Review

It has been about a week since I have last blogged, so I thought I would do a week in review to cover the happenings of the Selin household.

1. Last Wednesday Chris and I celebrated our 6th anniversary! We kept it low key this year, deciding that we would rather keep it low key on misc. years and do something big on milestones like 5, 10, etc. Christopher brought me home some very beautiful long stem red roses, 6 actually....one for each year! We had a easy, lazy, hang out day then went out to dinner at Joe's Crab Shack that night...yum!


2. Last Saturday I went to The Festival of Trees with my friends Summer and Stacy. This is the first year in 5 years that I have not actually been on a committee for it; but instead I took Dawson and we looked at all the trees, bought yummy goodies, and went home with a very loved elf wand! It was fun to be on the other side and participate that way....but I missed working there and probably will again next year. (I apologize, I brought my camera and didn't take a single picture...it was crazy busy and I was just trying to make my way around the place!!)

3. Dawson's Hat. This past week or two Dawson has been obsessed with his "hat." This is not a normal baseball hat, a winter hat, or even a Santa hat. This is a little oval stacking box that I have as a decoration in my bedroom. It fits his head just perfectly and he will wear it for hours. We even had a day where he didn't want to take it off when we went to the store and we walked around as other mothers commented on how cute his green, flowery, boxy hat was as they gave me a knowing smile of been there done that when your child decides to take fashion in their own hands. Christopher calls him "Africa" when he wears it because he looks like he is wearing one of those round, tall native African hats that men wear. I am not sure what Dawson will do when he out grows it, because the next box up that I have is even too big for Christopher's head.


4. Tasty Tuesday- here is yesterday's installment of Tasty Tuesday. This recipe is my favorite Christmas cookie recipe and I actually made it this past week. My grandma has made these every Christmas since I can remember.

Crescent Cookies
1 cup butter, softened
1 t. vanilla
1 c confectioners' sugar
1 3/4 c all-purpose flour
1 cup pecans, finely chopped

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In large bowl on med. speed, beat butter, vanilla, and 1/2 c sugar until smooth. Reduce speed to low and gradually beat in flour until blended, scraping the bowl as needed. Stir in pecans with a spoon. Take about a tablespoon of dough and shape into a crescent shape with hands, place on ungreased cookie sheet. (These cookies don't rise much so they don't need too much room.) Bake about 10-15 minutes, until edges are lightly browned. Remove from oven and put on tray to cool, sprinkling cookies with remaining sugar while still warm. (I like a lot of powder sugar so I roll mine in the sugar when the are still warm but ok to handle.)

5. Last but not least, I would just like to say that last night I got all my Christmas gifts wrapped and ready to go. I am done buying them all and they are nestled under my tree...yay! We watched Dark Knight as we wrapped and I loved it, Christopher had seen in but it was my first time...thumbs up!