Christmas Eve

Today, Gabriella and I made cookies for Santa. This was the first time I was brave enough to let her really help me in the kitchen.

First, we mix, mix, mix....







Then, we try to taste it before mommy stops us....




Then, we decorate ....










Snuck an M&M in.... yummmm.




These are four that she decorated all by herself, so they are the ones for Santa.




She was a wild woman at church tonight and it was hard to get a good pic of her in her dress.... And she had just had her hands in her mouth so I see that she has drool all over her mouth and dress. I thought we had passed that stage, but she has been terrible about having her hands in her mouth again lately. And I had bought nice silver sparkly shoes to go with the dress. I got them about a month ago and they fit. Tonight?? Too small. Her feet have barely grown at all in the last year and in the last few weeks, I've noticed her shoes getting tighter. So, we went with black shoes.
















Daddy and Gabriella lit the candles during the service.



As always, our attempts at a family shot are never very successful.....





Putting our cookies and milk out for Santa. It's hard work delivering all those presents you know.




When I opened the door tonight to let my mom out, I found this on our doorstep..... Awwww, how sweet.




And I just had to share this last picture. It doesn't really show well in the picture, but can you see what there is an imprint of on this cookie???? It's a paw print. Bing's paw print to be specific. Right as we were getting ready to do the cookies he jumped from one kitchen counter to the island and landed on one of the cookies. Thank goodness I was able to basically catch him before he took the entire batch out. He might not be here tonight if he had.