Baking Cookies=Making Memories

Last week the kids and I made our traditional cut-out cookies. We usually just make them for Christmas, but I thought it would be fun to make some for fall---I say fall because I'm not a big Halloween person and try to downplay the 'holiday' as much as possible, but I do love the fall and Thanksgiving. Making cutout cookies is such a process, so we did the cutouts and baking during the day and waited until Matt got home to do the decorating.

So proud of herself!!

This sequence of pics is hilarious.....the dough was mostly gone and I had been telling the kids they could eat some when we were done rolling out the cookies. I handed the bowl to them and Wyatt began to dig in....Sadie didn't say a thing, but you can tell by the expressions on her face and the mouth wide open that she was waiting...

"Forget that--I'll just do it myself then"

Finally happy with a bit of dough each!

Eating the cookies just like Daddy was.....not sure waiting for Daddy to get home was the best idea. Pretty sure we ate more than we made!

As I was working on this post, I was reminded of how thankful I am to be able to stay at home with my kids and make memories like these. I'm not sure if they appreciate them as much as I do, but the time I am able to spend with these precious blessings is irreplaceable. And it's days like these that make up for all the frustrating/difficult/trying days when I want to be anywhere but home. I never thought I would love it as much as I do, but now I can't imagine doing anything else. It has become such a huge part of me and I am proud to be a homemaker/full-time wife/mother, etc. I can think of nothing better than devoting my time to my family and making our home a 'home'. (Now just remind me of this when #3 comes and I feel overwhelmed!)