visions of SUGAR COOKIES!

these are perhaps my very favorite pictures from christmas 2007... if you know me very well, you will not be surprised to find that each picture contains cookies! and not just any cookies... classic christmas cookies, hand decorated and iced so carefully and beautifully by a friend of brian's mom. i was so excited to see the big platter of cookies on christmas morning... i seriously could not take my eyes off of them for a very long time. they looked as if they'd jumped off the cover of a holiday baking magazine... you know, all those recipes that you attempt to duplicate? they may taste good, but mine never end up looking like the pictures! anyway, these cookies tasted as good as they look. i am hoping that these treats will be a christmas tradition from now on. (hint, hint, nana!!) :)


so how did these christmas babies end up with cookies in hand, you ask? well, i realllllly wanted a picture of all three kids in front of nana's christmas tree on christmas day, and kristie and i both knew that the only way that was happening was 1) super glue, 2) duct tape, or 3) bribery with cookies. we didn't have any super glue, and i figured that duct tape wouldn't look that great in the pictures (kidding!!!!), so we went with option #3. our plan worked perfectly, and the kids were of course so happy to each be given a HUGE cookie! i stupidly gave caroline a RED stocking cookie and boy did she go to town with that sugary teething biscuit! haha! as you can see below, she ended up with red icing everywhere... but it was worth it for these pictures. :) i hope that we will be able to make this cookie photo shoot an annual event. i'm sure the kids would vote for that as well, don't you think? now these pictures may all look the same to you, but i love something about each one of these pictures, whether it is karina with her mouth absolutely full of cookie, red icing all over caroline's hands, or ethan falling backwards with pure joy over his christmas treat... i did narrow a ton of them down to these pictures, but i couldn't leave any of these out!

ok, get ready...here comes the sugar high!











i couldn't let the kids have all this fun with cookies by themselves!