Christmas Cookies

I let the kids make Christmas Cookies today. My dear friend, Margo, sent along some cookie cutters so I made up the sugar cookie dough last night. After lunch, I rolled it out and let them stamp a few cookies and decorate with sprinkles. It was fun! And for once, I let myself roll with the mess. However, there were still a few stressful moments here and there thanks to kids not listening, then freaking out when their cookie fell apart. Or when they decided they wanted to roll the dough, but didn't want to take turns. Or when one kid got down, found my wedding rings on a shelf and decided to throw them across a room.  But it wouldn't be a Berube project without those types of things.

The best part was when they got to eat the cookies they'd just made.

Decorating our first cookies. In Walter's case, his third since he kept trying to pick them up and they'd fall apart.

I later figured out Adele was more interested in eating the sprinkles than using them to decorate.

Gordon really enjoyed decorating and making things with the dough.

Our first batch. Adele stamped out all of the candy canes and put them on the baking sheet while I was helping the boys. I turned and was amazed to see a half full sheet!

Enjoying our cookies fresh out of the oven.

Then kids watched me make these and were super excited when they got to eat them.