Weekly Wrap Up - Signing Off

It's been another crazy week here-mostly the good kind of crazy. There was lots of baking that didn't go quite as planned-oh we made some memories LOL. When I did the CurrClick's Christmas Around the World post on England I decided that I would have the big boys each choose a country and we would make a traditional Christmas treat from said country.

Fox chose Germany and Hot Chocolate - but not just any hot chocolate, it's rich with dark chocolate and topped with whipped cream and toffee. He will be making that for everyone tomorrow morning. Everyone is really looking forward to it!

Tony chose Russia and Meringue Jam Cookies. Apparently the child had never made Christmas cookies with anyone before. Had I known that before hand I would have had him choose a simpler recipe. Madness ensued, meringue was ruined, but it all tasted good in the end.

Billy chose Japan and Green Tea Cookies. His baking went smoothly but it was finding a recipe with ingredients on hand that caused a problem. Who knew so many Japanese treats call for all kinds of sweet bean pastes? I bet they're better for us than American cookies!

I wish I had taken some photos...but if you could have seen my kitchen...oy! You'd understand why I didn't take photos.

Today we had an exciting trip to the emergency room. Bram got his first stitch - only one. We were having a family get together for Christmas. A community building was rented because the family is too large to fit in any one's house. Bram and a cousin were being silly, wrestling around. They thumped into the wall and the BIG, HEAVY, old fashioned fire extinguisher fell off the wall and came down on Bram's head.

I was terrified, sure that something that heavy had crushed his skull. I felt his head, and it seemed okay. Sitting down, comforting him while he cried "Owie, owie!" I thought I really should take him to the hospital in case he had a concussion. As I second guessed myself he turned his head and I saw there was blood dripping everywhere, all over his head, his shirt, me. So off to the hospital we went. 90 minutes and one stitch later all was well. We just need to check on him every 2 hours tonight to be sure he's okay. And I am so thankful, because it very easily could have been so much worse.

On a funny note - one of the nurses that tended to Bram was from England. I shared everything we had learned about Christmas in England for CurrClick and she was surprised to learn that crackers aren't a Christmas tradition here in America.

Because of the general craziness of life right now, my desire to extend myself some grace and the need to concentrate on Him I will be signing off until January 5th. I'll still be around Twitter and Facebook and PLANNING MORE FOR THE 2:1 CONFERENCE, but I won't be blogging until after the New Year.

Have a blessed Christmas!