Santa has a hard job you know. It's the least we can do to provide some sweet sustinence for him on Christmas eve. So it was decided we would make gingerbread cookies, and Daddy's favorite, oatmeal cookies. I had a good recipe for the gingerbread cookies (which called for a food processor, and let me tell you folks from experience that a blender, even though it has all those buttons, is a poor, poor substitute for a food processor. We ended up just squishing everything together by hand and with spoon and hoped for the best. It turned out great!) and followed the recipe on the back of the box of oats (meijer brand and they were awesome!). We toiled through the afternoon but the results were really good. Dad kept busy while the kids and I worked in the kitchen. James has been loving the stool and brings it in when it's in the other room to the kitchen to see what is going on and see if he can help. Really I think he is just trying to see if there is anything edible on the countertop. The boy likes to EAT! Here we are measuring and mixing. We opted to go with some icing for the gingerbread cookies, and of course we needed sprinkles. Ava was right. They did taste better with them. She has been loving being in the kitchen with me which pleases me to no end. We had a blast working together, and she even volunteered to wash some of the dishes. I was so proud of how hard she worked and what a great job she did. Later that evening while I put James to bed, Daddy helped her write out a little note to leave with the cookies. The end to a perfect Christmas Eve!
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