I baked
This weekend it snowed! I love the snow, the cold, the crisp air, and beautiful white it leaves on everything. Thank goodness DH & I had already put up the outside Christmas lights and I filled the planters with spruce tops and dogwood branches and wrapped the evergreen garland around the front fence. Every year I shell out money on these things (boy scouts) and complain that I should really buy the fake stuff and stash it away each year, but I don’t.
Since it was our first snow fall of the season it also brought forth the baker in me. I was already on the fence about baking and this just pushed me over the edge. The kids and a made a gingerbread house complete with gingerbread men, women, and snowmen. Most of these have been eaten already and I wish I would have taken some pictures. I did one women in a wedding dress and the man completed the set with a white ruffled shirt and suspenders. That same day I also baked pistachio pretzel cookies (brought them to work today), banana muffins (had to use up the overripe ones), chocolate cookie toffee(already gone), and apple cloutifi. I’m still in the baking mood, but I do feel better. I really enjoy baking with the kids and watching them actually interact with each other that doesn’t involve bickering is also a plus. I still have the baking bug so who knows what I’ll be making next.
I did sample some of what I baked but I think over all I’ll pat myself on the back for not stuffing myself.
Sounds like you had a wonderful time! There’s almost nothing like having the kids do that stuff with you. Something they’ll remember fondly long after we’re gone.
I had a snow day on Monday and baked, too!!
One suggestion when you have excess baked goods tempting you in the house…bring a plate to your local firestation. Those guys and gals really appreciate both the goodies and the thought. My son and neice and nephew did this with me last Christmas. Very cool.