Monday, December 23, 2013

          This was a restful and peaceful day with all the practices and programs finished.  There was a great station on Jango radio that played wonderful nostalgic Christmas music and created a perfect background for baking roll-out cookies. 

We have been invited for Christmas Eve dinner to the house of the lady who took us shopping last week—the young mom who grew up in Utah.  I am taking the cookies to their house along with frosting (chocolate since we couldn’t find food coloring) and some sprinkles that I borrowed from Sister Bassett.  I thought the little kids would have fun frosting their own.  I made snowmen (from an acorn cookie shape—just added “heads” to the top of the nut) Christmas trees (from an oak leaf—just shaped the trunk and straightened it out a little) and then maple leaves that just stayed maple leaves.  It felt good to do a little baking and it smelled like home.