Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Annual Baking Day

Each year during December my mom, Grandma, and I get together for our annual day of baking cookies and candy! We look forward to it each year, and we have done this since I have been a little girl. It's been exciting for me to introduce JJ and Jayla into our tradition. We are stirring up goodies and baking cookies, all the while creating fun memories each year that we carry on the tradition.

Annual Baking Day 2006
Mommy & JJ (5 months old)

Annual Baking Day 2008
Mommy and JJ (2 1/2 years old)

and Jayla (7 months old in 2008)

Annual Baking Day 2009
JJ (3 1/2)

He can do it all by himself now!

But this year he had some competition for the sprinkles.

Mommy, JJ, Jayla, and my Grandma making peanut butter star cookies.

JJ was an awesome helper this year with everything that we made. He dipped the peanut butter balls in sugar, put the m & m's on the almond bark dipped pretzels, pressed the dough into the pecan tassie muffin tin, and put lots of sprinkles on lots of cookies!

And, he discovered the best part of baking day.......

:)

4 comments:

beauty queen's mama said...

love it! can i come? :)

Nate and Natalie said...

All those cookies look delicious! What a fun tradition and I love how each year it appears to get more and more entertaining.

Christy said...

YUM!! I LOVE the picture of the fighting over sprinkles. classic!! :)

Renee said...

love the look on jayla's face - "MINE!"