Our Christmas picture

We took a dozen shots with the cat, without the cat, with the automatic timer to include in our Christmas card this year...you know, with girls it's not so simple! The hair must be just right, the expression
must be just so with not a hair out of place...OMG! , such drama. A consensus we did achieve and got the pictures made at Walmart on Saturday morning as planned. Thank God for small favors!

So what I did in Canada for two weeks was my theraputical Christmas baking, namely Gingerbread cookies and Chocolate chip cookies which the girls tell me taste exactly like the ones at the Subway Sandwich shop! I told the girls that they must have stolen my recipe, which they promptly reported to all their girl friends at school (although I showed them the recipe was on the chocolate chip package). It's nice that someone in this world hangs on my every word!

Gingerbread cookies (great for bribery purposes)

Sift together,

2 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon soda

1 teaspoon ground ginger

1 teaspoon ground cloves

1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1/2 teaspoon salt
In a large bowl,

Cream 1/2 cup butter until soft.

Stir in 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 cup honey.

Add 1 whole egg.

Stir flour mixture into this mix.

Wrap in wax paper and place in fridge for about 30 minutes.

Preheat oven to 350F.

Roll dough and cut into desired shapes.

Bake on ungreased cookie sheet for 10 minutes.

Our family favorite frosting: 1 cup icing sugar + 1/2 cup Nestle Quick + a few drops of water.

I had better not come across these at the Subway Sandwich shop!

Regent and Gabriele with the Worlds greatest Grandaughters!

Joyeux Noel!

Merry Christmas!

Felice Navidad!