Christmas Cookie-ganza

It really doesn't seem like it's been over two months since I last wrote. Most likely because it was the holidays, which involved concerts, cooking, and travel, and cooking and snow.

I think I'll start with just two things...Thanksgiving and cookies. And hopefully, I'll be able to add more as time goes on. See, we had a really low-key Thanksgiving here at casa del Wombat. Just OrganicGuy, his parents and me. OrganicKid was off to South Carolina and Georgia with her dad. She had a wonderful time, got to see her cousin, her grandpa, and spend quality time with her dad. Which I DO appreciate. And we were lucky enough here to be able to get the motorcycle out over Thanksgiving weekend. OrganicGuy and I spend the Saturday after the holiday driving all over Chatham, Alamance, and western Orange Counties. And, the Huskers beat Colorado. So, overall, a perfect holiday weekend.

When OrganicKid got home, we made Christmas cookies. This year we really scaled back the effort. When we started, the kitchen looked a bit like this:

And then OrganicKid and I went crazy. We spent a whole weekend melting, mixing, chopping, rolling, cutting, frosting, and anything else you can do with flour, eggs, nuts, and chocolate. Actually, we scaled back this year. Some years, we've made over 15 different types of cookies. This year, we just made a few favorites.

Just Chocolate Crinkles,

Lemon Poppy Seed cookies,

White Chocolate Macadamia Coconut cookies,

Cocoa Ginger Crisps, and Stained Glass cookies, Sugar Cookies, Chocolate Bliss, and Dark and White peppermint bark.

Unfortunately, since for some reason I never have AA batteries when I need them, I don't have any other pictures. But, they were excellent cookies. And, in her annual attempt to bribe her teachers, OrganicKid took plates of cookies to each one. But, since she's so much help in making them all, I have to let her. See, she's all kinds of help:

She mixed, spatula-ed, cut, decorated,

and, most importantly....

Provided quality control. MMMM....cookies......