Making cookies for Santa was such a blast. This year was the first year the boys actually got to help do just about everything and they loved it. It was very exciting I really had to put aside my OCD and let them, well all of us and the kitchen get messy. Before we started I sat the boys in their booster seats and got all the ingredients on the table including the sprinkles. Not the best of ideals one of the boys was drinking the sprinkles well actually both of them did at one point. Then they pored baking powder in our mixing bowl trying to help but it was way over the amount we needed. They just wanted to help but they were making it take longer to get it all done so they could help. I should of held off on putting them in their seats till after we got everything in the bowl. But all together they did really good for being 2. We even put green food coloring in the cookie dough and some how I got it in my mouth so all my teeth were green. Nick's mom stayed after dinner and ended up staying the night with us just so she could be apart of this wonderful night and morning. The boys had so much fun and when we started rolling out the dough they were up on the table each holding a handle helping us roll it out. They even cut the cookies for Santa. Flour was everywhere and I do mean everywhere. After we got the cookies all cut and in the oven we put the boys in the bath because they were covered in flour from head to toe. It was the quickest bath ever and they weren't trying to stay in longer then me getting them cleaned off either. While we were letting the cookies cook and then cool off. Ash & Bro played with their daddy on the steps and then chased each other around the house with pillows. I got most of it on recording and the first half Nick didn't know I was, so it was pretty hilarious to watch. The boys have this new thing where they jump off the last step and we have to watch them. At least 20 times tonight they said "Mommy Grandma Look Look" so of course we would look and they would jump off the last step over and over again laughing at themselves. After the cookies finally cooled off it was pretty late so they both decorated 4 cookies each and then went to bed. I gave them both sprinkles to do it all on their own and broody dumped half the bottle of one cookie a couple times. They were so cute and very excited that Santa himself was gonna eat their cookies! When they finished they slept in mommy and daddy's bed Grandma Dyana (my mom) called and read them the three little bear story over the phone. Then they both crashed out, it was a very long day. Colleen and I finished up the cookies wrote Santa a note and even put out some veggies for the reindeer. It was a very successful evening and we all had a blast.
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