Like last year, I made it a two-day event. We cut-out and baked cookies one day, stored them in a container and then decorated the next. That way, the cookies were cooled and the excitement lasted even longer. In keeping with the tradition, we did the same thing again this year.
While Jimmy was napping, we made sugar cookies and gingerbread cookies.
I was in charge of rolling and baking, while the kids were in charge of cutting the shapes and transferring them (carefully) to the cookie sheets.
They were so gentle with the dough and we ended up with very few "casualties."
Samantha wanted to take a picture of Jack and me and we were happy to oblige. Apparently, we planned our red shirts together for the event.
Teamwork!
A lot of thought went into which shapes they chose and how to maximize their spacing on the dough. Sam was in charge of that.
Sophia was in charge of making the hot cocoa. This girl would have hot cocoa every day if I would serve it to her!
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The next afternoon (again, while Jimmy was napping), I set up a long table in the family room and covered it with a festive tablecloth leftover from Samantha painting birthday party last year. I set up stations for the kids - these plastic trays are used a lot in our house - and left them create.
Masters at work.
I also set up a couple of trays for the sprinkles. It minimized the mess and helped to streamline the production. I even chuckled to myself when I heard the kids talking to each other as if they were really running a real production line. "Ok, line it up over here ..."
Deep in concentration.
I stressed the idea that "less is more" when it comes to sprinkles. I'm guessing that that phrase came out of my mouth at least 29 times during the session, and in the end, I just gave in and encouraged their creations. After all, I heard that Santa enjoys quite a few sprinkles on his cookies.
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