Ok, just about everyone who reads this blog is aware of my obsession and absolute LOVE of baking. Yes, I want to be Martha Stewart. There are PLENTY of other things in this world that I am not even close to proficient at, but if all else fails, I can bake. This being said, my favorite time of the year for baking is Christmas time. SO many recipes, SO LITTLE time to try and make the all!!
Before I had children I dreampt about the day that I would be doing my Christmas baking, being helped by little girls that were watching and helping me. I of course had to change this dream for a while when God blessed me with two boys first instead of the girls that were in my dreams. This year I was blessed with my daughter Ashley and from the moment I found out I was having a girl the dream returned. I figured I had about 2 or 3 years before my dream would finally come to fruition.
To my surprise, this year my dream came true earlier than I thought, and different than I thought. Instead of a little girl standing by my side and helping me out, it was a little boy...in a skeleton shirt no less!
This last weekend Alec was napping when I started rolling out my sugar cookies for the year. I make a HUGE batch so that I can bake them all off at once and then just freeze them and frost them when they are needed throughout the season. Alec woke up from his nap a little before I was done and immediately came into the kitchen and wanted to help. I got him his step stool and he watched patiently. When I only had one or two small batches of cookie dough left I told him that it was his turn. I went to go and get the camera to capture it on film and by the time I came back to help him he was doing this...
He figured it out ALL on his own from watching me!! Who would have thought that my sweet little boy would be so GREAT in the kitchen??? I am not sure if Aaron will be interested in cookie making (more like cookie eating is my guess) or even if Ashley will, but at least I know that I have Alec to help me out and to pass my recipes onto some day!!
Thank you my sweet boy Alec for fulfilling my dreams...in this, and many many other ways!!!
3 comments:
Alec still naps??? Jealous.
And where were your other 2 children? Why am I so pathetic that I can't bake a dozen cookies?
That is so stinking cute! Love it! We slapped the precut premade ones on a cookie sheet! Because we both know that I do NOT aspire to be Martha Stewart! What a cool moment!
Too cute! Do we have a Martin Stewart on our hands?
Alec is such a blessing. And I can say the same about Aaron and Ashley, and their mommy and daddy.
Love you all.
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