cookie time

sugar cookies.  

oh the tradition and the fun. 

it is messy and crazy.  today we doubled the recipe.  

butter and sugar and flavor go in.  

and we take the separate parts and we put them together

and they become something new, 

something wonderful, 

something better then the ingredients on their own.  

and we snitch the dough.  we find cookie cutters and extra flour.  

we take the dough.  

we knead. 

we roll. 

we work.

we shape.

we think of ourselves in His mighty hands

knead us

shape us

and the cookie cutters come out

some cut

some decorate

some continue to snitch

and i feel a little out numbered

four kids

one mom

and way, way, way too many sprinkles!!

and i breath

it's about them and their memories

not about my perfectionism

the sprinkles will sweep up

the smooshed shapes can be re-rolled

it doesn't matter if we cut out 32 stars in a row

so we roll again

we trade cookie cutters

 we rotate decorating sprinkles

we giggle and laugh

we get covered in flour

and we make cookies

 and we make memories