Tis the season to bake, and bake we have! Today our friends Jason and Kelly came over for an afternoon filled with sugar! We began our baking extravaganza with Gingerbread Men (and other assorted gingerbread cookie shapes). We gathered around the dough as David began cutting out the first shapes, encouraging him to make more of one figure or to do something else. With anticipation as they cooked and cooled, we pulled out boxes and bags worth of decorating fun (thanks to Kelly). We had icing in many different colors, sprinkles, colored sugar, and some candy. We sat there and diligently worked, admiring each other's decorating skills and eating any mishaps.
About the time we transitioned from decorating our gingerbread cookies to using the cookie cutters on the sugar cookie dough, Carly awoke from her nap. When David brought her downstairs she was in complete awe. When she went up for a nap, the kitchen had been clean and I was the only one home with her. Now there were cooling racks and cookie sheets all over the kitchen and a breakfast room table that was filled with many bright colors and "stuff." She took a few minutes to warm up, but giving her a fresh baked gingerbread snowman really jump started her afternoon.
I really didn't eat it, Daddy decorated it that way.
Tasting the homemade sugar cookies.
Family of bakers and tasters.
Our fun continued with the decorating of sugar cookies and an attempt to make miniature cakes and brownies using different form pans. The sugar cookies were a yummy success, but I think we might have been on too much of a sugar high when it came to baking the miniature cakes. Either way we had a lot of fun.
Our afternoon of Christmas festivities continued into the night and we took a group trip around Jason and Kelly's neighborhood to look at Christmas lights and the NASCAR inflatables. Carly actually stayed awake during the car ride, but I think that had more to do with Kelly sitting next to her than the lights outside. Jason and Kelly's neighborhood even has a home who's lights match music played on a FM station, a truck with a Santa tied to the front grill, and more inflatables than even Lowe's carries. It was a fantastic way to end a fun day with good friends and their neighborhood is really quite a sight.
Rest of the pictures here
Looked like fun. Loved the aprons. Looks like Carly has spent most of the autumn growing hair. Where was the picture of the neighborhood house with all the decorations? Half the time we forget to turn on our lights, then we forget to turn them off. Love, Aunt Bubble
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