Baking and "Snow" in January

I realized I love January!  Every start of a new year I get a little sad for a day when I realize the holidays are over... but I soon get over it and realize that January is lovely.  New start, new year to look forward to, perfectly "cool" Arizona weather, and blue and white dishes to decorate the hutch.  :)  

I made little "medallion snowflakes" - they took a while, but they are so cute!  I strung them up with clear monofilament...

The kids helped in making regular snowflakes for our sliding door...

We ate m&m's while we worked... because we can...

Snowflake making is messy...

For a few days, it actually felt "too cold" to go outside... believe it or not... the highs were in the 40's!  It was fun actually feeling cold.  We cranked up our heater and baked and played inside.  Jake got a set of castle blocks for Christmas - he LOVES them.  This time he built a castle and then came to me and said he wanted me to take a picture of him with his castle...

Becca helped me make lemon cookies - she was a master at rolling cookie dough in powdered sugar...

Jake is so funny - he came to me and was proudly showing off his pez dispensers...

Claire just likes to cheese for a camera...

The kids got the Just Dance Disney game for the Kinect at Christmas - they really love all the dancin' games...

Claire busied herself this morning stuffing toys into my boots...

We "braved the cold" one afternoon and went to have lunch with Ben during his lunch break- every Friday is Food Truck Friday downtown - it was yummy!  We'll definitely go again.  The kids all got corn dogs...

Ben and I got fry bread with steak and greens, and lime, etc... it was awesome...

Today the cold snap seems to have ended - we are back into the 70's!  So, we had lunch outside and got out the sidewalk chalk....

Happy January!