Nisse came back this year. Eli asked about him a few months ago, so he either made an impression on him, or he wants to eat treats for breakfast. I haven’t decided.
It Looks magical! Eli will love it!
I needed to make a few changes to make setup a bit easier, but at the same time maintaining the whimsical look and keeping the the magic feel of the morning. The term ‘make it easier’, unfortunately means more purchased items.
I had to keep the infamous powdered donuts that started it all. This will be a staple every year.
Hot chocolate, chocolate spoons, mini marshmallows, and candy canes.
Eli and Paul have fun with this. Eli likes the chocolate spoons and stirs his hot chocolate with them.
Chocolate covered oreo cookies made it to the table this year. I heated the top of the cookie a bit then sprinkled with sprinkles. I thought I had Christmas sprinkles in the cupboard, so multi-colored had to do. I also didn’t sprinkle a bunch of cookies because Eli isn’t a fan of mint, and I’m not a fan of sprinkles. So, I only sprinkled the ones I wanted to keep.
As I was perusing the cookie isle, I found these Pepperidge Farm cookies. They looked fun; and fulfilled the requirement of new and easy with a touch of fantasy, so I had to try them. Although they looked great, they tasted terrible. They went straight into the trash as I was cleaning up. I’m glad I purchased them, as they looked fun on the table, but I likely won’t use them next year.
The marshmallow ‘things’ last year was a hit, so they were on my list for this year. These chocolate-covered marshmallow cookies were the only ones I could find and I’m pleased I couldn’t find the others. They were surprisingly tasty! Hopefully, I can come across them again next year.
Pirate O’s didn’t disappoint. A shipment of mergpijpjes arrived two weeks before Christmas. I was getting a bit worried and had a backup plan just in case they didn’t come in. I’m pleased I didn’t have to use the backup; because nothing compares to this tasty goodness.
I decided to purchase Mexican Wedding cookies instead of making them. I’m glad I did. They were not bad. To make things easy for next year, I’m going to purchase them again.
The plan was to make crepes a few weeks prior and freeze them. Yeah, that didn’t happen. Too many other things got in the way and crepes went further down the to-do list. Frozen waffles it is. This is the first time we have had frozen waffles so I didn’t know what to expect. We toasted them up in the toaster; loaded them up with fruit, cream, and maple syrup. I will do this again next year. It was easy to pull them out in the morning, and they were still chilled when Eli got up.
Fruit parfaits will continue to be a staple. They are easy and some sort of non-saturated fat needs to be somewhere on the table.
Raspberry shooters are back. These are becoming one of my favorites.
Paul liked them as well 🙂
I’m so ready to start building the new house. Designing the new kitchen, I have visions of what the new kitchen will look like in my mind. It’s going to be nice. It won’t have house plans hanging on the back door with magnets 🙂 It also won’t have a bike in the kitchen. I’m too tired to edit and try to hide the bike and garbage can this year, so looking forward to my new kitchen!
Look at that breakfast plate. Eli had a lot of fun.
A cup of M&M’s. Easy and brings in some Christmas color.
Breakfast was a success! What a fun morning.
Christmas was brought up and put out.
The scarecrow is staying. Somehow, she is going to turn into a Christmas scarecrow…
