Well over the past few days I fell off the "lose your baby weight" bandwagon straight into a plate of sugar cookies. It started last Thursday when all the nieces and nephews came over to make Christmas cookies. When I notified Adam that they were all coming he reminded me of the first year we were wed. The kids all came to make cookies and three years later when we moved there was still cookie dough on the floor. As much as I tried it would not come out of the grout in the tile. So this year we used premade dough (no reinventing the wheel happening in my kitchen) so that the mess would be minimized.
While the cookies baked Jolie played peek-a-boo with Reese. Behind that paci she was smiling big!
Brandon (aka Little Red)
And don't you just love this little face!
The oldest nephew, Canyon. This could be the last year I get him to make cookies so I had to document it with a picture.
After making cookies Clay's ear started to hurt due to an ear infection. He cried and said things like, "Why does this always have to happen to me?" He has always had ear problems and because of all of the ear infections he has lost 30% of his hearing in one ear. So his ear drum busted later in the afternoon (after his momma rushed him to the doctor and they gave him a shot of Lortab- I didn't even know they gave kids such medication!) he cried some more and told his momma, "I don't want to have a hearing aid!"
After the Lortab kicked in Clay wanted to hold Reese.
And Jolie, the mother hen.
The oldest nephew, Canyon. This could be the last year I get him to make cookies so I had to document it with a picture.
After making cookies Clay's ear started to hurt due to an ear infection. He cried and said things like, "Why does this always have to happen to me?" He has always had ear problems and because of all of the ear infections he has lost 30% of his hearing in one ear. So his ear drum busted later in the afternoon (after his momma rushed him to the doctor and they gave him a shot of Lortab- I didn't even know they gave kids such medication!) he cried some more and told his momma, "I don't want to have a hearing aid!"
After the Lortab kicked in Clay wanted to hold Reese.
And Jolie, the mother hen.
I have so many Christmas picture to upload and so little time off:) We had a great, but busy Christmas. We were so excited that it snowed on Reese's first Christmas. It was the first time Adam and I had seen a white Christmas too.
We ate way to much turkey and dressing, brought home left overs while vowing we would never manage to eat them all, and continued to eat ourselves into a stupor over the next few days!
So I have been thinking about my New Year's resolution and I saw an interview with some famous psychologist who said that the best way to keep your New Year's resolutions was to set specific short term goals. So I declared my resolution was to take down my Christmas trees before going back to work. Success! We took them down last night!
I love the cookie tradition. I have wanted to do that with my kiddos. But considering the "mean as a snake" phase Hunter is in, I'd bet cookie dough would be thrown at Lord knows what, smooshed in odd places and poor Molli will be targeted some how...she always is.
ReplyDeleteOh Well :)