Music to a Mother's Ears!

Ryan and I had fun making goodies for our friends and neighbors this year. Rara pointed out a fun (and easy) reindeer cookie in the Family Fun magazine, and we made A LOT of those.We also made our traditional corn flake wreaths and candy cane brownies, and also tried a new recipe for banana cookies. We took a plate with that combination of goodies to most of Ryan's friends (many of whom are also my cub scouts), as well as our neighbors with young kids. For the more health-conscious, we made the slightly-more-nutritious home made Chex Mix (always my favorite Chrismas snack).

As Ryan and I were driving around delivering goodies to those further than walking distance, he said, "Mom, it sure is fun doing nice things for other people, isn't it?"

There aren't many things more beautiful to a mother than hearing those words spontaneously flowing from her child's mouth.