These 2 pictures were actually taken the day before Cookie Day...but it's so rare for Roman to lay down willingly that I had to document it!
Those are tired eyes :)
COOKIE DAY!
This year we had Cookie Day on Monday, December 19, 2011 at Cathy & Mike's house. This is my 8th Cookie Day (3 years of dating and 5 years of marriage), and it's always so fun.
Cathy & Grandmama cutting up the pecans (Joan's smiling in the background...she was our "washer" :)
Joan pretending to be hard at work!
Sam!
Little Em baking :)
Our little family
Jimmy & Granddaddy on the couch
Baby Benjamin! He just turned 1 on Dec. 9 and he's MUCH bigger than Roman! He's a chunk :)
Playing in the cat crate
This is what 5 hours of baking does to you...
Roman "helping" Melissa and Aunt Em
Date Nut Balls
Wedding Cookies
Peanut Butter Hershey Kiss Cookies (I make these and the oreo truffles...you gotta have chocolate somewhere in these cookies!)
Oreo truffles
Cathy & Joan
I love that smile :)
Sweet brothers
Romie's tummy!
Granddaddy
Out in the backyard playing in the creek....the boys LOVE this creek!
Cathy attempting to throw Herschel's ball!
They were both soaking wet after this shot...
This is Roman's strategy to make it as hard as possible to go back inside..fall on the ground and kick & scream :)
Cookie decorating time!
Grandma & Aidan
Aidan's beautiful cookies for Santa :)
Roman mainly sucked on his cookies
He's so proud!
Might as well try some icing...
then some of the cookie...
add some sprinkles...
and we have a messy baby! Roman LOVED decorating cookies but...
freaked out a little while getting hosed off :) This picture makes me laugh because you would have thought we were trying to kill him....poor little guy!
Now he's happy! He had to get rinsed off to go in the hot tub!
Hot tub time after a long day of baking....prego could't go in it because 1.) it's too hot and 2.) you would have to pay me a lot of money to get this body in a swimsuit right now! There would be no more water left!
PJ time watching VeggieTales Jonah
The boys...Roman, Benjamin & Aidan
32 weeks and counting...
I'm carrying Saylor so high I feel that she has totally invaded my ribs. I also sound like an obese person every time I do any movement due to her sitting on my lungs!
Melissa's Cookie Day poem :)
Roman LOVES to touch Benjamin's hair because it's fluffy!
Cookie Day was so much fun this year. It's a great day to spend with family to bake and relax. We always order pizza for lunch and then everyone in the family (basically the men) come over and we all eat dinner together. It's a fun family tradition :)
