Gingerbread

It must be gettingclosetoChristmas.

I remember before last Christmas carting Ethan around as a newborn to the malls for shopping, and worrying about getting things done as I was a new mom and sooo busy...

I wish I had known that THAT was easy - but it was all still so new - and even though he was a great sleeper, feeding and tending to a newborn takes up a lot of time.

Now I work during nap time - so that means to do things like make gingerbread I have to do it while Ethan is awake. It is fun, but everything takes a long time with a toddler - so I only made two batches of gingerbread instead of the usual five. Sorry for all you folks that will be missing out...

At this point I hadn't even started mixing anything yet. Just getting the ingredients out of the cupboard - as Ethan gets all the baking equipment ready for me.
First batter on a beater - he had to share with Cooper. Cooper loves gingerbread! It was a bit of a challenge to get in all of the nooks and crannies of the beater - but worth the effort.
Some of the finished product. It was a total of five days from the first mixing to the end product of these decorated cookies. Five days people! Next year I will start in August so everybody is sure to get some...