Cookies, and Gingerbread, and Trees, Oh My!

We finally got our Christmas tree on Dec. 16!  The kids were excited as we packed into the car.

 Lil Sugar was especially thrilled as we selected a tree and watched Hubby cut it down.

I was especially thrilled as we drove home with the tree hanging out of the trunk of the car.


You have never seen a tree get decorated so fast--I could barely keep up getting boxes of ornaments out!

The majority of ornaments on the tree were of the non-breakable variety--some glass ones were displayed elsewhere:

The little girls helped me put out these pretty purple ones--we had fun doing some different things with them. 

This picture was classic for us--Speedy's mismatched socks; trying to get Lil Sugar to quit crying; trying to just get Snuggle-bug to just be in the same room as the others.

I purchased a clearance mini gingerbread village last year.  I don't know if it started out edible, but Hubby had to use a hacksaw to get the pieces apart.

Honey was eating little candy balls about as fast as she could, but also meticulously lined the roof of her house with lines of little circle candies.

 They had fun, but really they were more interested in eating than decorating.

Princess' house

Speedy's house

the finished tree

Sprinkles are interesting...the kids always clamor to put sprinkles on the cookies, but then they only eat the ones that have frosting.  Except Honey, she is really a sprinkle connoisseur.

Princess really, really wanted to make postonia shaped cookies (i.e., poinsettia) and I finally found our 'sun' cookie cutter to use.  I was out of red food coloring, though, so what we ended up with looked kind of maroon.  If the sprinkles hadn't been used up, we may have put some yellowish sprinkles in the center.  (Actually, I just thought of that now, but will make a note to self for next year!)