What holiday season would be complete without a batch of Christmas cookies and an evening of decorating. We have sort of started a tradition( 2 years now...) with the Stanford clan of decorating christmas cut-out together. The evening usually starts with a festive dinner......chinese usually or tacos, and then onto the cookie making. Janna and Mike always complain that my cookies are the 'pretty' ones, while their's lack a certain artistic appeal. I would disagree. I think that Mike'e especially are very artistic....almost Picaso like (he's the one who went crazy and cut off his own ear right.....?) Jeff usually does a couple of cookies and then the boys watch football or play video games.
This time things were a little different because for the first time Carson was old/big enough to help in the decorating. Here are a few of the highlights of the evening.
Carson and 'Daddy' playing a little Wii bowling.
Aunt Julie helping Carson get his apron on.
'Mommy', Aunt Julie and Carson in their aprons. Thanks Grandma Shryock for those, you were a special part of our holiday tradition.
"Mommy" and Carson adding red to yet another cookie.....all by himself may we add.......with 'no help mama'
Uncle Mike decorating the series of 'Fa La La' balls.
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Cookie decorating was so fun! It was hard to squelch my 'keep it clean' tendencies while Carson spilled sprinkles all over the place, and put just one dab of icing and lots of sprinkles on each cookie. But - that's what aprons and papertowels are for, right?!? Julie makes the best cutout cookies, and this year's icing was GREAT!
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