Well I am sure I am not the only mom this week that was cringing at all the goodies being consumed by my little one. In fact I will totally admit that at the end there, while Raine wasn't looking, I started throwing some of those said goodies into gift baskets set to leave the house to go to other families and holiday homes! As Christmas eve rolled around and I was in full on baking mode trying to finish those last couple homemade gifts before the big day, Raine popped in the kitchen and asked what she could have to snack on while she watched a Christmas movie before bed. I could easily have given her any number of treats lying around and though this magickal time right before the big guy comes certainly called for something that would light up her eyes, I so didn't want the last thing she ate that night to be filled with sugar and who knows what else.
So thinking quickly, I grabbed for the two oranges I had just zested and started to slice. Before I knew it this simple fruit had been formed into a Christmas eve wreath of sorts and with a few on hand raspberries and blueberries to round it out and fancy it up, I was ready to present her with a healthy masterpiece of mama made proportions. It was devoured with glee and any visions of sugar plums that may have been on her mind the moment before evaporated when she caught site of this colorful creation. I think that this may become a new tradition that both mother and child can enjoy!
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