Cookies

What I learned baking cookies with my kids:
-a gingerbread man can be a cyclops
-5 bottles of sprinkles is too many options
-a cookie can never be over decorated

-you can eat raw cookie dough...lots of it...and never show the first symptom of salmonella infection

Christmas!

We had warm, worshipful Christmas day. We started off with stockings. Moved on to breakfast, biscuits and chocolate gravy. Our annual nativity is not available for publishing at this time. A couple of highlights: Joseph (Asher) tries to keep the donkey (Jeff) moving by feeding him M&Ms. The angel (Winter) wears pink cowgirl boots as she announces the Saviour's birth to the shepherds. Violet makes many cameos eating stocking treats.

We didn't leave our house till supper. We walked across campus and had a lovely Christmas dinner with friends.

Is It Christmas Yet?

We like to stretch out the celebration of Christmas. So, we spent one Sunday afternoon opening the bounty that family had sent across the miles.

One Small Baby....

The Tallest Tree Ever

Since we moved into the-ski-lodge of a house, we went in search of the tallest, biggest, (cheapest) tree ever. We found the deal and the tree! The guy even brought it home for us in his truck. Jeff manned the lot :) The kids couldn't believe our good fortune.

One of the rare moments when Violet was putting an ornament on as opposed to taking it off... "my pish".

I was sweetly telling Jeff how this 10 ft tree was any kid's dream tree. We had to laugh because it is his dream tree too. As long as we have been picking out trees together, I have had to remind him of ceiling height restrictions.

Asher asked if we could keep it for next year.

Christmas Recital

Winter danced her way through another semester of ballet. Her teachers do such a good job making it special and keeping it fun. They danced to the tune from Charlie Brown Christmas, Christmas Time Is Here. Do all ballerinas like cookies this much?

Walking to Church

By Winter Nottingham (5)