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Season's Greetings

David was SO PROUD of that sugar cookie he frosted, he made me the best Christmas card ever.

Sweet Tooth

I decided this year to make my first-ever batch of sugar cookies. My family has a recipe, but I'm not particularly fond of it. (Every time I admit it, my mother tells me she thinks there's a defective gene in the pool, somewhere.) My family makes crispy, thin sugar cookies, with sprinkles. I prefer thick, soft cookies, with frosting.

I used (and tweaked) the recipe from Joy of Cooking. I thought they turned out well.

I convinced David to help me frost them. We worked on them last night. Guess which plate is his?

Funny Aunt Lauren

We took this the day after Thanksgiving. (Sorry for the blurry start - I was still getting the hang of things.)

The Animal Kingdom

Well, Thanksgiving came and went, and I have yet to take and post pictures of what was in the mystery package from Oma. Basically, it was great. It was Christmas in a box. Soon, I will post pictures - and hopefully a video - of some of the fun.

In other news, one of Abigail's favorite books is Sandra Boynton's Moo, Baa, La, La La.  I am proud to say it is the first little-kid book I have memorized.

"A cow says moo.
A sheep says baa.
Three singing pigs say, "La la la!"
"No, no!" you say. "That isn't right!"
The pigs say "oink!" all day and night.
Rhinocerouses snort and snuff.
And little dogs go ruff ruff ruff.
Some other dogs go bow wow wow
and cats and kittens say meow.
Quack says the duck.
A horse says neigh.
It's quiet now. What do YOU say?"

Mommy and Abigail have been battling bad colds since Friday night. We're sneezing and sniffling and huffing and puffing, and we're generally plain old fussy. (Lucky David.) So guess which line keeps running though my head?

Yup. Pretty much.