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December 26, 2017

Christmas 2017

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^^ Look who stopped by our house for a glass of ‘nog with mommy on Christmas!

Did you know when your parents live at different houses Santa comes twice?! Our lucky little boy got SO many presents this year from everyone who loves him – he has more grandparents than I can count!

He spent Christmas Eve with Matt and did round 1 of gifts and a special homemade biscuit breakfast over there and then came to our house at 9 and did more presents! (I cannot wait to play Operation with him this week!)

The theme of this Christmas in our house was Hot Wheels (Thomas-inspired), and the boys have a huge track set up in the basement.

I got the world’s fluffiest robe!

Mid-morning we went out to T’s family and had brunch (eggs, bacon, breads!) and exchanged gifts.

I’m a lucky girl! I got this awesome planter and our first Sonos speaker!

John made his famous stuffed Christmas pizza:

We headed home mid-afternoon to prepare for Christmas dinner, which we hosted for T’s parents.

He made BBQ chicken in the Big Green Egg. I made a big mac and cheese casserole. We both contributed to a salad, though!

I am sure there were 1,000 sugarplums dancing around in this head that night. He slept in his new over-the-bed tent surrounded by new animal friends 🙂

You know what I’m looking forward to? January! It used to be my least favorite month of the year, but these days I love the minimalism that comes with the idea of a clean slate. I am feeling more inspired than ever to minimize and organize. Home Neat Home, here we come!

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  1. Charmaine Ng | Architecture & Lifestyle Blog says

    December 26, 2017 at 1:11 pm

    What a fun Christmas! Santa really does look like the trademark Santa Claus in the movies, haha!

    Charmaine Ng | Architecture & Lifestyle Blog
    http://charmainenyw.com

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  2. Andrea @ French Pressed Kitchen says

    December 26, 2017 at 1:22 pm

    That stuffed pizza looks awesome!!

    Reply
  3. Samantha says

    December 26, 2017 at 1:24 pm

    Can’t wait for more Home Neat Home posts! I’ve already taken down some of my Christmas decorations because I’m craving the clean slate and organization.

    Reply
  4. Christine says

    December 26, 2017 at 2:42 pm

    I also cannot wait to clean and organize my home – I went to the container store today for some inspiration and I took January 2nd off so I can organize and clean while everyone is out of the house!

    And I need to find a stuffed pizza recipe, that looks delish!

    Reply
  5. Elisabeth says

    December 26, 2017 at 3:43 pm

    I so need to declutter and minimize this January – can’t wait for some Home Neat Home posts!

    Reply
  6. Amanda P. says

    December 26, 2017 at 3:50 pm

    Yay! Home neat Home posts!

    Reply
  7. Julie says

    December 27, 2017 at 8:59 am

    Looks like you all had a great Christmas!
    I feel the same about January this year- I plan to organize and minimize!

    Reply
  8. Linda @ the Fitty says

    December 27, 2017 at 11:24 am

    Looks like mazen is a messy present Ripper! Whenever I go into the presents I try to keep the wrapping as perfect as possible so I can possibly reuse it, haha!

    Reply
  9. Elizabeth says

    December 27, 2017 at 11:37 am

    You went to Thomas’s parents house for brunch and then they came over to dinner? I wasn’t sure if I just read that wrong. Merry Christmas!

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    • KathEats says

      December 27, 2017 at 2:08 pm

      Yep that is correct

      Reply
  10. Stacie says

    December 27, 2017 at 8:47 pm

    OMG! I had an over the bed tent as a kid and LOVED it. I had no idea this was still a thing 🙂 Looks like you had a wonderful holiday (which you deserve). <3

    Happy New Year!

    Reply
  11. Amanda says

    December 29, 2017 at 2:44 pm

    Sounds like a fun, festive holiday! Do you have a recipe for the Mac and cheese casserole?

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    • KathEats says

      December 29, 2017 at 3:14 pm

      It’s actually Matt’s recipe that he shared with me over text. I believe it was 3 tbsp butter + 3 tbsp flour as a roux, then 3 cups milk, simmered until thickened (took me quite a bit). Then 1.5 pounds of shredded cheese. Then that was poured over half a pound of cooked spiral mac into a casserole dish. I put 1 cup of bread crumps mixed with a few tbsp of melted butter on top. The whole thing was baked at 375 for 40 minutes.

      Reply
  12. Sue says

    January 2, 2018 at 3:32 pm

    I love that circular marble tray! Do you remember where you got it?

    Reply
    • KathEats says

      January 2, 2018 at 5:04 pm

      Target!

      Reply

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