Bathtime Buddies

We went to visit Christina, Patrick and Henry a couple weekends ago, and put the boys in the bath together. Gabe is a little nervous around tubs that aren't his own (and that don't have his Elmo bathmat), thus the face in this picture. But I thought the mohawks were cute. :-)

Batteries

About a month ago, my mom taught Gabe that when things don't work it's because they need batteries. He picked up on it really quickly, and even knows where to look to see if there are batteries. She also taught him to say "dangerous," (as in it's dangerous to go up the stairs by yourself). This is a short video of him with his dancing ducky (he calls him "Press" because you press his wing to make him go) looking for the batteries. Warning, this video is a little long.

What's your favorite Christmas cookie recipe?

I thought it would be interesting to ask this question. No pressure, but if the recipe is short enough and simple enough, feel free to leave it in the comments section. I'm always looking for new, simple recipes for the holidays. I usually get together with Christina and Joyce for a day of holiday baking, then we all get to take a variety of things. My new favorite last year (or maybe the year before) is to take a pack of Oreos and food process them with an 8 oz block of cream cheese. Roll the mixture into balls and dip them in melted chocolate for a truffle-like treat! They're super easy and are very good with MINT Oreos.

I also love all the classic that my grandma used to make - the green corn flake wreaths, buck-eyes (peanut butter and rice krispies dipped in chocolate), decorated sugar cookies...this list goes on.

Happy Christmas baking season!

I promise to post something soon...

I know I'm way behind on posting, so I promise I will catch up this week, so stay tuned. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!