Christmas Goings-On
Although I've been overwhelmed and stressed, not to mention fighting my usual seasonal depression, I have been able to get it together and get in some fun stuff. We were supposed to go to Hersheypark tonight to see the Christmas lights, but it's so damp and dreary and miserably cold that we decided to go next weekend. But we did get a bunch of cookies baked today.
I have some cookie pictures but no recipe yet; they are Chris's mom's recipes and I'll get them from her in a couple days and post them. These cookies are DELICIOUS. And it wouldn't be Christmas without them. Here is a picture of just a few; they recipe made a lot. And we all ate a lot. Seriously, they'll be gone before Christmas.
Here are a couple close-ups of the cookie-press cookies:
All the cookies were pressed by Chris's mom and decorated by the girls. I was just clean-up crew this time. She also made a bunch of gingerbread people for the girls to decorate. They had never piped icing before, but they ended up having lots of fun doing it.
The "F" stands for Fred Weasley, according to Lauren. She also did the "D" cookie for Chris. When I showed it to him and said "Look, D for Daddy!", Lauren said yeah, but it also stands for dork. Saying such things so close to Christmas!
Close up of the Dorkie Daddy cookie:
In our town, the volunteer fire department sends Santa out through the neighborhoods on a fire truck. He is followed by several other rescue vehicles, and they have the sirens going and lights flashing. It's pretty cool. For a donation to the fire department, Santa will make a special stop at your house and visit with your kids. My friend Michelle did this a couple times a few years ago, making a party out of it. It was fun. This year we just hung out in the court until he came through. He passes out candy canes to everyone. The dogs howl and bark up a storm while all this is going on.
I like to check out local beach cams, and I grabbed this one from the Rehoboth Beach, Delaware cam the other day:
And finally, check out my little elves gettin' down to some country music:
I have some cookie pictures but no recipe yet; they are Chris's mom's recipes and I'll get them from her in a couple days and post them. These cookies are DELICIOUS. And it wouldn't be Christmas without them. Here is a picture of just a few; they recipe made a lot. And we all ate a lot. Seriously, they'll be gone before Christmas.
Here are a couple close-ups of the cookie-press cookies:
All the cookies were pressed by Chris's mom and decorated by the girls. I was just clean-up crew this time. She also made a bunch of gingerbread people for the girls to decorate. They had never piped icing before, but they ended up having lots of fun doing it.
The "F" stands for Fred Weasley, according to Lauren. She also did the "D" cookie for Chris. When I showed it to him and said "Look, D for Daddy!", Lauren said yeah, but it also stands for dork. Saying such things so close to Christmas!
Close up of the Dorkie Daddy cookie:
In our town, the volunteer fire department sends Santa out through the neighborhoods on a fire truck. He is followed by several other rescue vehicles, and they have the sirens going and lights flashing. It's pretty cool. For a donation to the fire department, Santa will make a special stop at your house and visit with your kids. My friend Michelle did this a couple times a few years ago, making a party out of it. It was fun. This year we just hung out in the court until he came through. He passes out candy canes to everyone. The dogs howl and bark up a storm while all this is going on.
I like to check out local beach cams, and I grabbed this one from the Rehoboth Beach, Delaware cam the other day:
And finally, check out my little elves gettin' down to some country music: