Have you ever seen a reindeer fly?

Merry Christmas to all who are celebrating today!

And if you aren't- Happy Holidays!

Today was a fantastic day! I slept in until 8:30ish which to

me means- I'm getting older. I can remember waking up

at 4am each year. Not anymore.

We started by cooking for today. I made Red Velvet

Brownies with Cream Cheese Frosting! The idea came from

Julie over at PB Fingers. 

Here are the ingredients:

Brownies:

1 box of red velvet cake mix

3/4 cup melted butter (I didn't use all of the butter

and I used faux butter/margarine.)

1 egg 

1/2 cup water

mix butter, egg and water first.

mix in cake mix til fully blended.

put in greased(pam spray) pan and bake at 325 for 25-30 mins

when they are done- let them cool. 

I put mine in the fridge. I couldn't wait to test them!

Cream Cheese Frosting:

1 package fat free cream cheese

1 cup powdered sugar

tsp vanilla

mix until smooth

frost the brownies. I also put green sprinkles

on for the holiday.

They were a hit. But I only had a nibble because I

wanted to save all the space I could for the main event.

I really like baking and doing new recipes but I also

try not to eat a lot of sweets. I heavily rely on others

to eat my creations.

We opened presents.

Lily definitely had the most! She got a whole new barbie

princess dream house and 4 dolls to go with it. The

list goes on.

We all had some dinner together.

I think Lobster should be the Maine tradition from now

on. we also had prime rib and all the fixings. We had a fantastic day 

and now everyone is passing out while we watch the 

Santa Claus.Absolutely one of my favorite movies.

"Have you ever seen a reindeer fly?"

"No- have you ever seen a million dollars? Just because

you haven't seen it doesn't mean it doesn't exist."