First Christmas in the Dream House

We've been a little quiet on the blog front lately. Niels is blessed to have two weeks vacation and we are enjoying lots of rest and relaxation as a family. As you can see, our house is a little more gezellig than last Christmas. Last year, we packed up our stockings, bundled up--we didn't have heat yet--and took our first Christmas photo in the new house. 

Merry Christmas and warmest holiday wishes from our family to yours!

Busy Birthday Week

It's been a busy week here at the de Jong dream house. On December 5, we celebrated Sinterklaas day. (As a Dutch family, Sinterklaas is a big deal!). On December 9, our son turned four. Jen has been nursing a pretty decent headache for nearly a week, so posts are slow for the time being. She did make a few fun graphics using picmonkey. Enjoy!

And, as requested, we made a train cake for D...again. We're getting good money out of this Wilton Puzzle Cake mold.

I think we did pretty well for using dairy-free ingredients, even it wasn't quite a impressive as last year's: