Cookie Time

Yes this documents Elem's first ever cookie baking experience! And what better time of year to get started than Christmas!! While my parents were here we decided to bake Christmas cookies with Elem, and I am so glad we did it. He surely has a sweet tooth on him, so I knew even if he got side tracked along the way, the cookies, candy, and icing would bring him crawling back. :) On the flip side, Elem is super obsessed with stirring things up, filling up cups and pouring them out, etc. etc. So this little project was right up his alley. Here he is starting right off the bat, diving right on in and stirring up that cookie dough.


Mimi gave him all the pointers-since we all know I am not one to give cooking pointers to anyone! As you can tell, I a missing a few cooking utensils, in this case, a rolling pin. But hey, the kitchen is really seth's area, so I am blaming him for us not having one. Thank goodness for Mimi or mommy wouldnt have a clue what she was doing in regards to the flour and all.

Didnt take any time for Elem to jump right in on the rolling either. He really wanted to pat out the dough and roll it all by himself.

Onto the good part-the icing and all those sweet toppers. So many to choose from, where does one start? We couldnt leave Barney out of the mix either-he joined us at the table to make sure all went smooth. Elem was excited for Barney to be at the table.

And then of course one minute into decorating, Elem had to taste the cookie to make sure it was done. :)

Very into the cookie making here-and a little annoyed that I am trying to document it.

And the finished product. His very first ever decorated cookie. Very well done if I do say so myself.

Although he was done decorating the actual cookie at this point, he was not done playing with all the goodies. He was really deep into work here with the pouring of the sweets into one bowl and then the next, and so on and so on.

Had to get a quick pic with mommy and daddy, and after that I was done!


Baking cookies was so much fun, and they really turned out good! Thanks for cooking with us Mimi, this will have to be added to my much loved Christmas tradition list. Super fun, and really not even all that messy.