Decorating Christmas Cookies

We did this before Christmas, but I never had a chance to post the pictures. Avery had fun decorating the cookies but I think he ate more frosting than he put on the cookie. His favorite was the sprinkles.





The finished product

Merry Christmas!

From our family to yours, we hope you enjoyed celebrating his birthday.

You Know You're From WI When.....

You win a chunk of cheese in your negotiations class! Scott was given this tasty trophy for winning the negotiation, and tasty it was.

Avery's Two Favorite Things

The tub and balls!

Words!

Avery's been learning and saying so many words lately. I thought this was a funny one to remember. I always have a chapstick on me and and he loves chapstick so he's quickly learned the word for it. Here he is on my bed asking me for my chapstick. Listen closely and you can hear it.

Finding the Perfect Tree

We headed out to a "cut your own" Tree farm yesterday to find the perfect Christmas Tree. After looking at a few trees we decided on this Blue Spruce.


Timber!




Laura and Avery decorating the tree. Avery was excited that the tree from the farm ended up in our house.


All decorated. This was the best picture we could get.


We were all looking here, but it ended up blurry. I managed to get Avery to look and to get Venus to stay because I was giving them bites of candy cane.

Christmas Lights

Tonight on the spur of the moment, Scott, Venus, Avery, Laura, and I dashed out the door to see the Christmas Lights. It was a really cold night, with a few flakes falling and Christmas music blaring. Avery enjoyed playing in the front seat with the various knobs and buttons more than he liked the lights. He would give an occasional Ooooooooh.

Cookie Walk

Today we went on a walk that the historical society sponsored to help raise money for the Crosse House restoration. This wasn't just any walk, it was a walk to collect cookies! We paid $3 for a box that we decorated and then we walked around to 17 different businesses downtown to gather our cookies. It was a wonderful family time, the snow was falling and Avery was running around all bundled up. Venus even enjoyed the time as many business owners let her come inside too. She snuck a few treats here and there. At the end of the walk, we were greeted by Santa and Avery didn't even cry. He was excited because Santa had a candy cane for him.

This was the beginning of our craft project. Avery loved swimming in the puff balls.


Our cookie man (the box, not Avery).


Avery wanted to pull the nose off.


Here are all our cookies. Paco is excited to hold them in his belly. (For those of you who've never met Paco, he's our cookie jar in the picture).