Making cookies for Santa Claus

Yesterday Travis and I decided to take advantage of a rainy day and do some Christmas baking. As a mom, I have always dreamed of that perfect time of making sugar cookies. I have tried in the past, but Travis just wasn't into it. Well, this year he was and we had an absolute ball!! We cranked up the Christmas music and away we went! Here are some pictures to show you how we did.
First, we got on our aprons .... he got to wear the coveted Raiders apron that belongs to Daryle!

Here is Travis using the rolling pin and cutting out the cookies.

After all the cookies were done, we got to decorate them with frosting and sprinkles. Travis took this very seriously. You can see he was concentrating very diligently.

Here you can see that little mischevious smile that I love so much!!

He finally decided on the cookies that we would leave out for Santa on Christmas Eve. Don't worry, I have put them in a safe spot and I know they will be a tasty treat for Santa very soon!

Yesterday Travis and I also did some shopping. Target already has Christmas decorations on sale, so we decided to get "our baby" a stocking for next year. Travis picked out a really cute snowman. When we got home, he wanted to hang it right next to his. He even gave the stocking a little kiss! Travis also picked out a little Christmas present for the baby, we will save it until they are home. I have no new information to report, so for now we are just enjoying the holidays and anticipating that we will be traveling to cold and snowy Russia very , very soon. Much love to you all!!