I had hoped to post this earlier in the month but I somehow lost a little steam in my Christmas prep once we hit December and actually just finished these baskets over the weekend.

This morning the girls and I went for a fun baking date with two very lovely ladies.

We poured and we mixed and we rolled and we cut and we even managed to keep some of the batter out of our little mouths!
After a very messy process (sorry Lacey!) we made some cute little Christmas cookies.

This recipe is a family favorites. Sadly, I stopped making these a few years ago because of my son’s allergy to peanuts.
But this year Chris suggested making them using Peabutter (the alternative we use to peanut butter.) Yes! Why hadn’t I thought of that sooner? They turned out great! I can’t even taste the difference. I guess a bunch of sugar can mask anything!

We took a break from being in the kitchen today.
And it was great.

What’s my excuse?
Well, to be honest- lack of children….. as in we didn’t have any.

My son and oldest daughter slept over at my sister’s last night and spent the day being spoiled by her and her boyfriend. They are just on their way home now from the “Hitmen Teddy Bear Toss” as I type this.
And our baby girl slept over at Chris’ parents place last night and spent the day with them. I just whipped over there after nap to bring her to a fun birthday party for a cute little redhead.
Then after the party it was back to Grandma and Papa’s for a big family dinner. By the time we were home our little one was fast asleep.

So needless to say I decided to wait until my little elves returned before I made another mess in there. Don’t worry though, we plan on catching up tomorrow 🙂