i don't do really well with lots of children in the kitchen wanting to "help".
i wish i was better about it.
this year…my kids came through the kitchen in shifts.
i didn't plan it that way they just showed up one at a time.
scott came through first and made these cookies into ball shapes for me.
and then he headed back to his video game.
then sean came through about 5 minutes later.
he unwrapped ALL the hershey kisses and placed them on the cookies.
tably came through just after i got the jumbo refrigerated gingerbread dough out of the fridge.
oh yes…i used the pre-made pillsbury dough and it was really good this year!
she made bunches of cookie shapes and then left.
annie came through many times to eat the cookies.
she would say "can i just have one more mama….pleeeeeeese?"
and i made waaaaay too many chocolate mint brownies this year.
oh man…they are pure sin.
but you should make them anyway.
even if it's january.
princess lasertron - oh I am baaaaad with kids. I try to come off as nice on the internet but I am so easily annoyed.
Jamie Sampson - can I live at your house? Oh my goodness your treats look good. I love mint brownies. Please send some soon. 🙂
cjs - you wish you were better at it?
heavens, meg.
I am feeling inadequate at the moment.
quite, in fact.
I think you’re amazing.
Chaos-Jamie - I am always so glad to read you admit that kitchen “help” isn’t. I feel like so much of a loser mom in that area. I HATE making cookies with the kids. It is my own particular hang-up.
Kelly - Great new header photo! Happy New Year! Glad you had helpers in manageable #s. Kelly
Aurélia - Happy New Year !!
I have just discovered your blog, it’s really great, I’ll come back soon !!
kasey - go ahead and send those cookies my way girl…
Aubrey - thank you very much. now i am hungry for rainbow twizzlers AND cookies.
how do you get your peanut blossoms so puffy? mine are always flat. using my mom’s recipe. and hers are puffy too. maybe there’s a cookie curse on my house. or i should put my husband in charge. he made the gingerbread by himself this year (with out daughter helping) and did pretty good for his first time.
thanks for the tips on the tree-in-pot-mystery. maybe if i get three jumbo cans of beans from wal-mart and latch them to the tree? think it would work? it’s so heavy. 😉
Staci - Oh I’m with ya on needing to be more patient with kiddoes in the kitchen. I’m gonna work on being “more fun” in the kitchen. I like the whole working in shifts thing…I’ll give it a try 🙂 LOVE your new header (or at least I think that’s what it is called??!!) How fun!
lee ann - Perfect! I wish mine would work in shifts and I only have two. They both have attention spans of about 6 minutes though. I can do anything for 6 minutes!
traci - i suppose shifts is better than all at once. you had many little helpers. the cookies look very yummy. HAPPY NEW YEAR MEG!!
danyele - shifts…that’s what we tend to do too. u know what they say about too many chefs in the kitchen!
Lorilee - ah, I remember those days of children wanting to cook. My youngest had a thing for cracking eggs! Now he is 13 and his only interest is popping popcorn or heating up frozen pizza!
Blessings for 2009,
Lorilee
Heather - I just stumbled upon your blog and have been looking at it for quite some time tonight. My resolution for 2009 is to be more crafty and it seems perfect to have found your site… it is the perfect inspiration I needed! Everything is so cute and you’re home is beautiful!
Gina - I’m a sucker for brownies. Those look amazing. Any thing that says “Mom’s” in the recipe, I’ve learned, is a pretty good bet. Happy New Year!
vicki - Those mint brownies look exactly like the one I just had at Starbucks two days ago with a mocha…the brownie was gone BEFORE I left the parking lot…ummmmmm, mmmm, good!
Melissa - I am not sure how I found your blog, but I love it! Love the cookies!
Pumpkin Pink Cottage - I wish I had more patience in the kitchen too… its so much easier with one kid at a time I divide up task so they each get a turn one at a time…hugs,Lisa
Allikayes Mama - Oh joy! Another recipe from you! I think I have made EVERYTHING you have given me recipes for…seriously! And Happy New Year to you! You rock! And have blessed my ’08 with your honesty and fun-ness! Bring it on ’09!