The kids and I have been making Magic Reindeer Food as part of our Advent calendar for years now. At first, the food was a mixture of old fashioned oats and glitter. Then, I learned how dangerous glitter can be for animals or small children when ingested. From then on, we made our reindeer food with only edible ingredients. Of course, oats are still part of the mixture but instead of craft glitter, we use edible glitter like red and green cake sprinkles.
This year, we added a few more ingredients to make it more like trail mix. After all, those reindeer have such a long journey and they’ll need the extra carbs and sugar to that fuel flight.
Emmalynn, Allana and I had fun searching through the pantry for snacks the reindeer might enjoy. Along with the oats and edible glitter, we added raisins, dried cranberries, Peanut Butter Cap’n Crunch, Corn Flakes, peanuts, gum drops, mini marshmallows, Cheerios, pumpkin seeds and wasabi peas. Wasabi peas might seem like an odd addition, but I thought the reindeer might like a little heat on the way back to the frigid North Pole.
After we combined our ingredients, we poured the mix into Ziploc bags and added the how-to poem. This printable Magic Reindeer Food poem tag can be found here.
On Christmas Eve just before bed, the kids, Auntie Simone and I will sprinkle the Reindeer Food in the yard. Of course, we always leave carrots for the reindeer next to Santa’s cookies and milk too.
For the third year now, I participated in the 
Turning 40 this year was more than a milestone. It meant I would qualify for annual mammograms. Now, I would have to take action to save my own ta-tas with a baseline mammogram.
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