GiNgErBrEaD cOoKiEs

Monday for FHE we decided to bake and decorate gingerbread cookies. I had never made them before so this was all new for me too. (Thanks Jess for the recipe. They're great!) We gave each of the kids their own wax paper and rollers to roll out the dough and cut out the shapes they wanted. Derrick helped Romeo a little, but he did a really good job cutting them out. We all had a lot of fun...

Making their masterpieces...

Derrick insisted that he take the pictures so I could be in them with the kids. Thanks honey!! I'm usually the one taking them. Look at Romeo's face...he's so silly!

Mom, Dad, Yaeger and Kennedy came over and helped us decorate after the cookies cooled. The kids LOVE when they come over! Romeo did really well decorating the cookies, with Derrick's help of course. We caught him sucking the frosting out of the tubes a couple times...

The finished product. Beautiful!

Mom, Kenny, Yaeger and Dad's cookies (I think Dad decorated one:))

And of course, you can't decorate cookies without the kids getting messy. Here's Romeo showing off his dirty little fingers. He got into the glitter and frosting...and loved every minute of it.

So this was a new family activity that I think I'd like to turn into one of our traditions. I'm grateful for my kids and my wonderful husband. He is always so willing to do family activities and he gets right in and helps with the kids, and we always have fun together. So...gingerbread cookies again next Christmas for sure!!