cookie day 2009

gingerbread houses were built:


and decorated:



(this is called raisin' the roof.)

steps are cleared of the snow that fell overnight:



(in my jammies. our town had an official total of 24 inches of snow!)

a collaborative drawing is made:


(it's a guy, wearing a scarf, holding his hand over his mouth. he has two different color eyes, like david bowie. i did his arms and shoulders, bella did the rest.)

snowflakes were made and hung in the not-yet-decorated christmas tree:


(they were also thrown, several times, from the second story loft onto whomever could be coaxed into standing below.)

snow-frolic-ing did happen:






and cookies were made: