Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Snowin' and blowin"!

Baby it is COLD out there! It started snowing this morning, the wind is whipping it around and our temps for tonight will be about 14. BRRRRR.... Definitely a good day to stay inside which is what I did. Our son Jon threw a little tantrum this morning, he wanted to know where his Christmas cookies were! Well if you have been reading my blog since last December you will know I gave my cookie cutters away, oh yes I did, I gave them to my daughters. I thought after 37 years of baking my Moms cookies it was time to pass the tradition their way. My Moms recipes are labor intensive, especially the cut outs which makes about 6 dozen cookies and there are only 3 of us here now. Jon said quote" well you have been making those cookies since I was a baby and you just have to make them" or something like that! I rolled my eyes to heaven and asked Mom what should I do.

And here is her answer LOL! Just bake the cookies Barbie Jo. So I put the Christmas music station on and got busy. I had only kept one cookie cutter, a gingerbread girl. I used drinking glasses to cut out wreaths and balls for the rest. I spent the ENTIRE day in the kitchen. But the oven kept me toasty and warm, the music was fun, and the cookies are cute as ever. I really kind of missed them too!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

How sweet!! What a good Mom!! I bet Melissa & Erin are enjoying the cookie cutters too this season. My mom NEVER baked christmas cookies but I guess that's a good thing since I've had diabetes for so long. Happy Holidays & Happy Baking!!

Amy said...

we were in different kitchens together, today was my sweet day, have to get the candy done to get shipped this week... I love the cookies.. they are precious. thanks for sharing, I am almost done with my santa penny rug. I will post after I give it as a gift, wouldn't want her to see it now.

Anonymous said...

aww mommy you are so cute! Only you can make cookies taste so yummy and look so cute! I can't wait for you to come and teach me all your cookie tricks! hehe! :)

Red Geranium Cottage said...

OMG the gingerbread girls are adorable. I love those.