Week in Review

Stace, Vi and I went to our church "Christmas Kickoff" fun event Friday evening, while Cora played D&D. 

I love that Violet is more willing to go places and do things the past month or so. I'm attributing it partially to her schooling change, and and an overall happier attitude.

Also this week, I had a theatre boosters meeting for Cora's old school, since I'm still the treasurer. Very happy to report that my dear friend Christina has agreed to fill my shoes!
 

Stace's coworker brought in a big bag of guava from his tree - what to do with these unusual tropical fruit?

They taste good, but have lots of tiny hard seeds inside. I looked up recipes and decided to turn them into nectar.

I cut off the ends, pureed them in the blender, and strained out the seeds/pulp. It was quite thick, and the recipe called for adding another cup or two of water and cup or two of sugar. 

I didn't want that much extra sugar, so we left the juice thick, and mixed it with orange/pineapple juice to make our own version of POG we'd get in Hawaii. 

That Hawaiian POG is passionfruit/orange/guava juice, but pineapple/orange was easier to get at Ralphs. It was yummy!

Stace and Violet got the house decorated outside...

...and December is officially here, with the girls' sweet Advent Calendars up on the mantel.