With Sugar On Top

The tree is up...

and Christmas song stations have been programmed to play.

It's not even December,

but I am having a bit of fun...

celebrating!

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This afternoon, Laney and I made some GIANT Ginger Cookies!

Jon requested them over the weekend.

So, when Henry was down for his afternoon nap, we tried it out...

our first EVER time making them!

I am a wee bit of a control freakozoid....

and I KNEW that Laney was ready and willing to help out.

It was hard...

but I gave her the reigns.

She's such a pro!

Of course, at 5, she already loves Giada and Paula D.!

Laney even prepared entertainment while the cookies were baking!

And she even ASKED...BEGGED to clean up after!

The cookies were a HIT!

And, since I baked cookies, Jon brought home a little surprise for me!

Growing up, I always had a real Christmas tree.

NOTHING is better than the smell of a real, live tree!

Not even my tree scented candle!

Enter Jon and fresh garland!

I may string it inside (smell)...

or it may go outside on my front porch (mess).

All I know is how amazing that smell is...I might even put some on the table beside my bed!

It would give me wonderful dreams...

I might even dream of having a real Christmas tree inside our home.

WAIT...no thanks. Three kiddos, two cats, one dog....a real tree would definitely max me out.

It would shoot me up into the sky further than a bottle rocket.

Needles here, needles there...needles EVERYWHERE!

Okay...off to enjoy my GARLAND!