Ahhh, the cookies are done.

My favorite cookies in the world? Frosted cut-out sugar cookies! My least favorite cookies to make? Frosted cut-out sugar cookies! We were iced in for awhile today, so the girls and I just "went for it" and made the cookies a couple weeks early. The trick will be to not eat them before we bring them to holiday parties! Chris lent a 30-minute hand before the Vikings game too!

I think Amelia is contemplating eating them in the photo above! {We all got a cookie for our hard work!}

Happy holidays to you all!

The holidays are {almost} here!

Wow! I think the holidays snuck up faster on us this year! But, somehow, we have a bit of the shopping done and the tree up a week ahead of schedule. Took the photo and ordered the Christmas cards tonight too, so we are feeling a little ahead of the game!
Can't believe Thanksgiving is this week, and then it's the usual 3 or 4 weekends of scrambling to make sure all the gifts are bought, the cookies baked and frosted, and the Christmas cards are mailed. We are up for the challenge this year!

Mira and Amelia were a big help decorating the tree and putting up the decorations, and Mira was charged with arranging the snow village {"snow" to come after I visit Joann Fabrics tomorrow!}:
Here are a few outtakes from the Christmas card photo {plus the first one in this post}:
Happy holidays, everyone!

A Snowman Named Bob

Oh how it's snowing! It seems to have snuck up on us quickly with our near 70-degree day on Monday! It's been going all day long and still doesn't look like it's going to stop. I think we've gotten about 7-8 inches so far. But, it was perfect snowman snow!

We went outside today to try out the "snowman kit" I bought a couple years ago, and made our snowman. We decided to name him Bob, since my dad (Bob) received a book a couple years ago, appropriately titled "A Snowman Named Bob." This snowman looks just like the one in the book! More importantly, we had a great time making him!
Enjoy the snow, and drive safe this winter!

Operation Christmas child

As we do every year, we create a Christmas box for a child in a third world country and our church sends it to a little girl. Mira and Amelia were really happy to create a special Christmas box! They went to Target with me and picked out everything. We filled the box with a toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, crayons, drawing paper, underwear, socks, butterfly barrettes, lollipops, and a Barbie doll. We hope she loves it!