My Lego Genius

Shane’s new obsession is Legos.  He loves to build all types of things like cars, buildings, and even spelling words out.  Today, I caught the kids playing together and Shane built a house that was so big that I had to take a picture.  It is so cute to see Paige trying to be like her big brother.  She would add a door or little person on to her green board and say, “See, Daddy”?  She truly wants to be just like her big brother! 

A Little Muppets for You!

I had to post this because it made Paige and I laugh this morning.  Something different…

My Sugar Cookies

I forgot to post this last week but I wanted to share my experience making cut out sugar cookies.  I wanted to do something different for all of Paige’s and Shane’s teachers (at least 6) this year so I thought cookies would be fun.  I used to make Christmas sugar cookies growing up and I loved putting icing on them and decorating them. 

Since I am not a good baker and have never used a rolling pin before, I thought I should do a trial run before actually making the real thing for the teachers.  I was very impressed with myself.  The first two batches turned out perfect but the last batch I didn’t bake long enough.  I made a very simple icing and colored it with food coloring.  Shane and I had a great time decorating them and, of course, they were gone within 2 days.  Now Shane keeps coming up to me and says, “Sugar”?  I know what he is talking about and I have to keep reminding him that we will do it again soon.  This time I bought some extra goodies to decorate them with.

Now, I am thinking about trying my hand at Russian Tea cookies…you know…the little powdered balls that melt in your mouth?  They recipes come from allrecipes.com and they are fabulous.  I couldn’t help subscribing to Christmas cookie countdown.  No self control :(

Just a Little Holiday Fun!!!