Cookies, Frosting, and Sprinkles . . . Oh My!

What better way to add to chaos than throw
some excess sugar in the mix?

Bryan's joy at frosting cookies was palpable . . . if palpable meant non-existent. He's been coerced into frosting cookies with me since we were 16.

Shannon spent 25 minutes on this one cookie. It was a soggy pink mess when we finally convinced her she was done. On the plus side, she wasn't contaminating the whole batch with her licked knife!

Mitch was careful and deliberate. Love the Home Depot apron to make cookie decorating more manly!

Note the pained, forced joy. He did like eating them, though, so it was a small price to pay!

Mid-January

Mitchell's preschool had an After Christmas Program, in which he was a donkey. He spoke his line clearly into the microphone (I am the donkey, soft and grey. I carried his mother from far away) and then sang with his classmates. It was pretty cute. 

Shannon was a fan of the show, and also a clown afterwards.

The two of them would not smile normally, so we captured their monkey faces. Mitch had invited Lorry, and she kindly came, much to his delight. Shannon also declared that "Mitchie is my best fwiend" on our way into the show. All in all, a good night.

We spent a weekend in Ephrata to see Allstots. Shannon got to touch her Grama during snuggles - her favorite thing on earth.

Mitch soaked up lots of dog time. He was pretty good with both Booth and Lumen, and they were also quite kind. If only having a dog wasn't so much work, I think it would be wonderful!

And here they are being super. Mitch has on no pants, as that was part of his costume. They would ask, "What is your pwobwem?" and then race off to solve it. Quite funny.

A New Year

As the new year begins, we pray for courage and strength to face new challenges, perseverance to meet old struggles, and grace to guide us through the coming months. It doesn't hurt to have cute smiles like this to start things off and keep us going!