Yummy Christmas Cookies

Every year my Mom and I love to bake Christmas cookies. Yesterday, Carson and I went over to Grandma and Grandpa's house to make some of Mom's infamous cookies and enjoy the wonderful decorations that are out for the holidays. One of the traditions that my Mom started when we were growing up was to decorate our Christmas stockings with pictures of us on them. All 4 of us have a picture stocking, and now even Mike has one! :) My Mom is working on Carson's stocking as well.
Here is my stocking--I really love this idea. It is a great way to personalize them and to watch the progression over the years. I might copy this...hee hee

Here is Carson when it is time to make Christmas cookies. Perfect!

The Christmas music is blaring (yes, even the most irritating song by Barbara Streisand--avoid her version of Jingle Bells!!), and we begin to work our cookie magic...

Mom makes the dough and frosting, and I do the rolling, cutting, and decorating. It is a pretty good system, I think. We always have a great time at any rate. I personally like the cookies with no frosting on them, but you HAVE to decorate Christmas cookies--you just have to.

Here is the finished product. Some of those bears look a little deformed, but that won't matter when I'm chomping them down later. I just won't give the bears out to people...

Carson is such a happy kid! Here he is spreading holiday joy to everyone around him in his santa hat that cousin Alayna got for him.

It is snowing and COLD today. Everything looks so pretty with Christmas decorations and snow. Carson, Kava, and I are enjoying a nice day INSIDE by the fireplace.

Oh--and I'm doing the laundry. Gotta run!