Our annual stay-cation

And year and another ‘stay-cation’ gone by.  I love last couple of weeks of the year: I love how laid back it is, I love being at home with Victor and the girls, I love  day-time dates we do and all the movies we catch up on, I love family gatherings and quiet evenings at home.  The only thing I don’t love about it is how fast it goes:)  We did a lot and nothing at all.  We

saw beautiful skylines:

and admired stunning sunsets:

We decorated ginger-bread houses:

and wrote letters to Santa:

We made cream puffs with orange cream and chocolate coffee ganache and chocolate milk for Santa – we figured he would welcome a change from sugar cookies and regular milk:

and played with our gifts from Santa:

We were THRILLED to have family over for Christmas, including the girls cousins who they had not seen since the summer:

We took a mini vacation to Philadelphia:

and cheered for our Independence:

we introduced the girls to the yumminess that is Philly Cheese Steak:

We followed our New Year Eve’s tradition with a trip to Build-A-Bear Workshop, where the girls built their own My Little Pony:

and we spent New Year’s Eve and New Year’s day with family:

Hope your holidays were great and that it is not too