It is really convenient that Auntie has a Silhouette cutter, so she can cut vinyl for t-shirts when needed. Thumper, my own personal cookie monster, used to have a t-shirt that read “Santa’s Cookie Tester.”  Sadly, he outgrew it.  And I haven’t been able to find anything else along these lines. Auntie to the rescue! […]

I handed Rerun these two quilted soft tree-shaped ornaments when we started dividing up the ornaments.  “These are yours,” I told him. He stared at them skeptically.  “They are?” “Yes,” I said.  “They were your favorite ornaments your very first Christmas.” “They were?” “Yes, they were.  So they are yours.” “Oh.  Okay.”

Here we go.  I’m elbow deep in dough and cookie cutters, and I’ve got a list of multiple cookies to make. I’ve tried a new recipe for Eggnog Snickerdoodles, and while I don’t like eggnog (and haven’t sampled these at all), they’ve gotten good reviews from others! And I’ve got the marble slab out, so […]

It was time for our annual visit to Santa Claus!  Thumper, just like last year, walked right up to Santa without any fear.  He likes Santa’s soft red suit. The kids behaved very well, and while Thumper isn’t as smiley as he could be, he sat down with Santa after to watch “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse” […]