When I was a kid my sisters and I looked forward to Christmas cookie decorating day almost as much as Christmas day itself. I have tried to carry on with this tradition with my 2 girls. Decorating christmas cookies takes a certain amount mental preparation as a parent that it didn't require when I was child. Now, I'm the supervising adult, that is, the person who cleans up the rainbow frosting with sprinkles explosion that is left behind at the end. I never understood before as a kid why my Mom wasn't more excited about christmas cookies or why she aways seemed a little tired when it was over- I get it now, Mom. This was a really fun year. I only had to remind Ava once not to lick the frosting knife between cookies and I'm getting better at planning ways to minimize the amount of frosting that has to be scraped off the table and floor at the end too. It was a really fun cookie day- Anabelle said it was the best day of the year.
Ava tries to put all the different kinds of sprinkles on the same cookies every time. You can tell who made which cookie.
Anabelle very carefully spreading her frosting.
I don't know what Ava is doing here. I feel this way alot about Ava: "What is she doing?"
Heath usually decorates one cookie. It kind of looks like an alien or a fly this year- I got to eat it.
I usually do 3 or 4 really pretty ones and then start making them in mass so that the pile will get smaller faster so we can eat some.
This year I put the finished christmas cookies in the tin my Nana used. This tin is so loaded with memories for me of Nana bringing pie to Thanksgiving and cookies at Christmas. I think she would be really glad we're using it. It feels right- she spent alot of time baking and cooking for us. I tried to tell Anabelle and Ava about how she would decorate her cookies exactly the same every year for as long as I can remember. All the bells were exactly the same, the trees, the stars, the giant snowman, the camel (yeah, I have no idea where she found a camel cookie cutter). Nana helped me love baking, my Mom showed me how to not get crazy when process makes a colossal mess- I hope I can pass those on to my girls.
3 comments:
That is a wonderful tradition to pass on!! I'm sure your mother is very proud. Thanks for taking time to let the girls have so much fun with the cookie day!! Enjoyed the pictures so much--Grammy.
wow! what a fantastic tradition. youre such a phenomenal momma! these look like they were delicious...and the tin is the true icing here!
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