Christmas Cookies

This weekend, we made Christmas cookies with Trey. Mommy was inspired by the mom of one of Trey's friends who had done the same, as well as her long-time desire to try making some cut-out cookies of her own. The last time Mommy made cut-out cookies was probably in high school; needless to say, she is no expert. But it wasn't as hard as she thought it would be, even if it was just as messy!

After Mommy rolled out the dough, Trey had fun pressing down the cookie cutters. He seemed to understand what he was doing, but he didn't understand the concept of making one shape at a time. Trey kept trying to press the cookie cutter down as many times as possible without regard to whether they overlapped.


Picking up the cookies wasn't quite as easy for Trey. He kept just trying to eat the dough.

Mommy probably ended up rolling the dough a little too thin in the end, but as previously mentioned, she didn't really know what she was doing, and they turned out okay anyway.

Trey enjoyed watching the cookies bake in the oven.

And then it was time to eat -- I mean no! Time to decorate!!

Aunt Kacie was there to help and get in on the fun. Again, nobody really knew what they were doing, but they turned out pretty cute anyway (unfortunately no "final" pictures to prove it!). Trey was content just to eat the icing, and occasionally lent a hand by shaking the sprinkles over the cookies.

All in all, it was a pretty fun time. We took the finished cookies to a Christmas party that night! Trey probably ingested more sugar this day than in his entire life combined (thanks in part to the sips of a Chic-fil-A milkshake Daddy had given him earlier), but aren't these little indulgences what the holidays are all about?