Holiday Fun!!!

Eventhough we are in a new state, far away from family, certain things hold true. (Especially when you have a 9 year old that will remind you of everything that needs to be done for the holiday) We had tons of fun spending our time doing some of these great holiday activities.

Madison is a bit to young to particpate in many of our activities but I thought she deserved recognition of her great behavior allowing us to do these fun thing. Plus, she was great eye candy to look at and smile any time we needed it.

One of our first holiday activities was making Christmas Cookies. Every year the boys get to roll out, cut out, and frost sugar cookies. The kitchen here is pretty small so I had to do it in shifts and the dining room table is over carpet and that sounded like a recipe for disaster so turn taking in the kitchen sounded much more workable.

Another tradition that began last year was making a gingerbread house. We started again this year with a kit due to limited kitchen items, but the thing that did change was Mommy was in charge and decided that the "glue" in the kit last year didn't work right so I made royal icing. This was also a challenge with our little kitchen supplies, the largest bowl was pretty shallow and it was hard trying to keep the powdered sugar in the bowl.

Mark, Brian, and Steven decorated this lovely house with tons of candies, or at least all the candies that they did not eat first :). What a great time!

Tomorrow I will post more holiday happenings, stay tuned!!!

Merry Christmas!!