Decorating The Cookies

Janet and Bob have this long family tradition of baking and decorating 100’s of cookies that they give to everyone they know at this time of year. We have been lucky enough to have been invited for about the last 7 or 8 years too. It is always a lot of fun, celebrated with pizza after all the cookies are done.

We decorated all the gingerbread cookies first. Janet bakes about 130-150 gingerbread cookies, of all different shapes. Then it is a family project to make all the different colored frostings. Once those are done, Janet gets out all her cookie decorations, and the decorating begins. We decorate all the cookies with the exception of the ugly sweaters, which are always saved for last. We all try to make them as ugly as possible, and the ugliest sweater wins. For some of us though, ugly just doesn’t come easy.

Emily, Janet and & Bob’s granddaughter, won the ugly sweater contest with this year’s ugliest sweater.

It’s a family affiar.

After the cookie decorating was done, it was time to box up all the cookies. These are all the different varieties of cookies that Bryan and his family made to give out.

There was a big production line filling up the cookie boxes, with Bryan in charge. We were all helping out in the production line. The boys were filling the boxes.

And the girls were making the boxes. Bob and I were on fudge patrol.

The finished boxes are loaded with all kinds of homemade goodness and love.

After the decorating and box filling tasks were completed, before the pizza arrived, we had time for pictures by the Christmas tree.

Even one of the cats wanted to be a part of the festivities.

This is always such a fun family tradition. We are so lucky to be included for all these years too.

Make your days merry and bright. Spend the days with those you love and do fun things together. Make lots and lots of happy memories. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. Stay safe and stay well. ‘Til next time.