Monday, December 15, 2008


Would you believe I just made sugar cookies from scratch for the first time ever? Now chocolate chip cookies - that's another matter - I'm a pro at those. But little shaped cookies like these - yep I always just got those pre-made roll doughy things from the store. Of course they don't have such confections here, so I had to make them. It was the perfect activity for my little neighbors here when they came over to my house for a kids' Christmas party last week.











Here they are getting ready to roll out the dough so they could start cutting out the star shapes - wow what a mess! But they did a good clean up job afterwards :)














While the cookies were baking, we sang some Christmas songs. As you can see, they seemed to enjoy singing "The Twelve Days of Christmas" with the appropriate props :)

7 comments:

Tracey said...

I added some grated orange peel to the batter - yum! I guess the kids liked them, because they were all GONE at the end of the night!

Barb said...

Oh my gosh, you have really inspired me. I was about to send Skip out for some of the doughie rolls - changed my mind. I think I'll try the real thing, too.
See you in 6 days! Love you.

Anonymous said...

LOVE the little girl with the reindeer antlers - but I don't remember that in the song? :-)

Anonymous said...

Hmmm....a pro at Choc. Chip cookies ay? well i guess i'll just have to be the judge of that ~ ~ oh, qualifications you ask....well figuring breakfast on saturday mornings used to be a doz freshly bake'd cc cookies w/ a TALL glass of milk ~ ~

Tracey said...

C - Japanese version of the song, love, Japanese version :) - Actually, they came over dressed up in cute little headbands - OMIgosh they're so adorable!

Anonymous said...

Your cookies are beautiful. And the children are just adorable. Counting the days until you will be here in freezing Colorado. Bring your warm clothes, it is really cold. Expecting snow again on the weekend. Till we see you.
Love, Aunt Louise

Anonymous said...

Tracey---

Those kids are just adorable!! I'm sure they have learned so much from you. Have a safe trip to the U.S.

Keep smilin'--------Cathy