Since I was maybe 7 or 8 years old, we have been making spritz cookies for Christmas. Tonight was the night for this Christmas season.
Can you even make cookies without a Kitchenaid mixer?
My dad is the chief baker. He doesn't cook much,
but he can make Christmas cookies!
but he can make Christmas cookies!
My niece, Kinsey
Fresh cookie dough. Don't worry ... it won't look like this for long.
The secret to our cookie making tradition
is to turn the kids loose with the food color.
is to turn the kids loose with the food color.
Tyler wanted blue and green.
Lorien was pretty tired and observed from the sidelines
with her thumb in her mouth.
with her thumb in her mouth.
She removed it long enough to tell Tyler and Kinsey
they were making a mess...
they were making a mess...
...and popped it back in again.
Now that's more like it.
Dad and Ty press out the cookies.
Steve is working on a special project.
What will it be this year?
What will it be this year?
Next, we add the decorations
Gunsmoke
Yes, friends, we do make some uuuuuuugly Christmas cookies.
It's a tradition.
It's a tradition.
Steve's finished project
Kinsey's masterpiece
Lindy - I am at a loss for words.
ReplyDeleteWe have worked so hard to teach Lorien to be neat and clean and not make a mess. Then you take her to Ohio and she learns that a mess is not only acceptable, but good and fun! :-)
Meiss! What an adorable sequence. She has to have a paper towel to clean her tray during lunch!
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