Christmas Cookies

Kylee LOVES to help me cook. She is the BEST helper, although maybe not the cleanest. I think she must get this from my mom, who is one of the best cooks I know. I must admit I get really jealous of my mom and the fun things she comes up with and the things she gets to do with my kids. I am sure grateful they are able to spend so much time with her though. Kylee never wants to leave and always has some fun project or story to tell me about her day at Grandma's.

I usually can't compare with Grandma, but I sure do try. I absolutely love this time of the year for so many reasons, but mainly because of the yummy treats I just don't eat any other time. Eggnog, fudge, cheese balls, pies, homemade candies, etc. Pretty much all incredibly delicious (and fattening) foods. I've been trying to get my mom to pass on some of her secrets so I can start some of the same traditions of yummy holiday food and good holiday fun with my kids.

Kylee and I attempted to make sugar cookies. After already starting I realized I didn't have any cookie cutters, but Kylee didn't mind just using a glass and making circle cookies to decorate.

She LOVED sprinkling the "dots" on top.

And was very proud after each cookies was finished.

After we were halfway done I realized I got some holiday pancake molds a few years ago from my cute cousin and decided they would work for cookie cutters. So we did make a few HUGE cookies shaped as snowmen and Christmas Trees.

I was making icing I ran out of powdered sugar but improvised with some left over cream cheese and whip cream and even though the frosting was still a little runny, it was REALLY good.

I hope these moments never stop.

I sure do love them, even if they don't happen as often as I would like, I cherish every single one of them.

Kylee and Cannon (who was sleeping through most of this) both loved our Christmas cookies and Kylee being the thoughtful girl she is always wants to make more so we can share them with others too. Hopefully we can take a trip to the store soon and maybe we can make that happen.