Monday, December 21, 2009

At the gingerbread factory





I spent the afternoon baking some gingerbread cookies . I haven't baked any for years , but used to make them often when the boys were young . It smelled wonderful in the house when these were in the oven . I think having a 14 month old grandson brought on the nostalgia for these cookies . They're done , but for the decorating which I'll do tomorrow . It's late in the day and I'm tired . In my current state these might not be all that pretty if I were to do it right away .




I have been doing some knitting , a scarf and a pair of socks are off the needles . Both are Christmas gifts . There will be photos on the next post .


The Christmas preparations are coming along , the shopping's done , just need to wrap it all up . The baking is done , just need to package up what's going out as gifts . The Christmas cards are almost done , I have the stamps so it's just a matter of sitting down and actually doing them . So after those are done with pretty much all that's left is the cleaning and then we can let the celebrations begin ! After which comes more cleaning ...

4 comments:

lexa said...

The cookies look good without any decorating!

Donna M said...

Don't those cookies look good! Certainly brings back the days when my mother would make them every year!

Strickmuse said...

I am glad you had a great vacation before the whole holiday preps. These cookies look great and I agree with Lexa that no decoration is needed.
Wishing you happy holidays and a great 2010.

Minding My Own Stitches said...

The cookies look great. I can almost imagine how lovely your house must smell .... mmmmmmm!