I wanted the boys to come to my house to see my decorations and help make Christmas cookies, but Mommy had to wait for their furniture delivery, so we did it at their house.
Grandma made up the dough in advance as it is a VERY difficult dough to stir. The boys helped to roll out the dough and shape the candy cane cookies. They were very good at making Play-Doh style "worms" which were then twisted into canes.
Their attention span waned before we were done, so Grandma finished the batch. Kien did make a pan of "gumdrops," as he called them. He snipped tiny pieces of dough to bake as gumdrops.
The purpose of these cookies was for Grandma to take 2 dozen to a neighborhood Christmas Cookie Exchange this Saturday.
Then we made gingerbread houses! But these were not cookie and frosting. They were foam sheets and stickers.
These held their attention better.
And it was easy to make a LOVELY creation!!!
Grandma was a bit challenged on the construction part. Thank goodness, Mommy knows what to do! :)
Skipping ahead to Saturday, December 8 -- the day of the Cookie Exchange. WE WON!!!! The BEST DECORATED COOKIE award!!!
Then we played with puzzles. Melanie gave Gabe this puzzle of Mater and Lightening McQueen. He LOVES it, and puts it together over and over again.
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