I love Christmas! The beauty of Christmas lights, the piney smell of our Christmas tree and cookies baking, the giving, loving spirit of the season. There's so much to be grateful for and enjoy.
I love that Owen is fascinated with our ornaments and lights. I love that he places his been bag chair right under the tree and curls up with a blanket to bask in the beauty of it. And lest you think it's all just rosy and perfect my little angel tore apart this ornament just a few moments later.
My husband and I fought when putting up the tree and lights, as we do every year. It's silly and short lived. Years from now my kids with marvel about how Mom and Dad fought every year when putting up the tree. Just like I laugh at the memory of the time my Dad threw the Christmas tree out the door, lights, ornaments and all! (but that's another story.)
This is what Owen was doing as I was trying to take the perfect pretty photo of him sitting on our beloved horse in front of the tree.
And trying to take the perfect photo of Michael. Here he is exhausted after a day of playing and fighting. They do seem to fight more lately!
And though these are gingerbread cookies and much easier to cut out than sugar cookies. I must admit I despise cutting out sugar cookies but I do it every year anyway because I love them! When I was in labor with Michael I made sugar cookies because I just had to have them for Christmas! By the end of the cookie making process I was throwing the edge bits and all on to the tray. I always say it was because I was in labor but really it's what I want to do every year anyway! No labor to blame it on.
And while I wish I could say that I spend hours frosting and making just the perfect batch of cookies, the truth is I could care less about how they look. Don't get me wrong I love to bake. But, I've never had patience when it comes to how my baked goods look, just as long as they taste yummy. Give me a plain cookie and a bowl full of frosting to dip them in and I'm good. (Sorry Mom, I know you tried to teach me.)
Instead, today we danced to Johnny Cash while our gingerbread men baked a little too dark. I made the frosting too runny and while I'll win no awards for how these cookies look, we love them anyway.
And that is Christmas at our house!
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Love your honesty in this post! My husband and I were just talking about how we argue every year before we leave the house for the Winter Faire. We decided we just aren't going to go anymore. Insanity!
ReplyDeleteWonderful post! I know exactly what you mean about roll out cookies- I make sugar and Ginger every year, and the rolling and cutting out part is my least favorite. I love Gingerbread and sugar cookies though, so I make them every year, too yummy to pass up. :) Hope you all have a Merry Christmas!!
ReplyDeletethis is so sweet, and the sweetness of the occassion is lovelier than any cookie, how beautifully you describe it. thank you and a merry christmas to you and yours x x
ReplyDeleteI say embrace it Nicole! Expect the fighting and maybe one year the expectation will put a damper on the fighting spirit, lol. How do you like that logic!?
ReplyDeleteGood to hear I am not alone in the sugar cookie cutting annoyance. Merry Christmas to you all as well!
Becca
I love this! My husband and I always fight while putting up the tree too. A family tradition I suppose....
ReplyDeleteAhh, I love this post. My husband I also fight when putting the lights on the tree. I told him next year we are buying a pre-lit tree! ;)
ReplyDeleteI'll say horray to johnny cash any day:)
ReplyDeleteLove the photos and stories, as always, friend:)