My cousin Courtney and her friend Jackie came back this weekend to bake cookies. They came bearing many sweet things, which Liam had to investigate.
First order of business was to make the sugar cookie dough so it could chill.
Our serious little family:
Jackie and Courtney with their chocolate letters: a Sinterklaas tradition
The cats doing what they do best:
Liam taking a moment to think things over:
Then it was time for Liam to open his gift from Grandma and Grandpa P, Kelly and Rog and Courtney and Jackie:
It’s a hit:
(a video of this all will be coming, but we’re having upload and computer power issues)
Playing with the new toy:
Time to eat:
After a trip to the market, time for cookie cutting and baking:
And decorating (and drinking Glögg):
And cutting and baking the gingerbread:
And ending the night with our computers:
Sunday morning, time to decorate the gingerbread cookies, Jackie makes one for her dad, who owns a pharmacy:
I make sure to include a purple turtle:
Jackie icing away:
Ivo had never cut shapes out of dough before and thought you could just smooth them over if it didn’t work…
More Liam cuteness:
Liam eating an uniced cookie
Icing away
Cookies cookies cookies
Three layers of cookies:
Girls with cookies
Liam saying goodbye
The girls leaving with their box of cookies (we had a lot as well) and their Utrecht market Christmas shopping:
Thanks Courtney and Jackie for a most fun weekend!