This summer hasn’t been the most exciting. It feels like the same week is just repeating itself over and over again… So when the bakery by us started posting about celebrating “Christmas in July” with cookie decorating kits, I have to admit I liked the idea. I’m not usually one for celebrating holidays multiple times (I’m looking at you, Trick or Treat in the Heat!), but desperate times…!
But if we are celebrating Christmas, we are going to do it right! So first off, we waffled some cinnamon rolls - one of our previous Christmas morning favorites. :)
I even thought to pull out the Christmas plates!! Of course, the boys wore their Christmas PJ’s last night. And I even pulled up the Christmas station on Pandora to be fully festive! :)
Natalie seemed excited about the cinnamon roll waffles, but only took a few small bites. Sigh - sometimes she just likes to get my hopes up about how much she will eat.
And of course, we had to watch Christmas movies! Natalie even sat through both Frosty movies!
Henry generously offered to model my chef’s coat that I rarely think to wear. (I was making cookies and getting flour everywhere, but did I think to wear an apron? As if!) I was telling someone about my grand plans to open a bakery and how a friend made me this coat for it.
B3 = Blue Bungalow Bakery
Never going to happen, but it sure is a fun dream! :)
Cookie time! You know me, I wasn’t going to buy a half dozen cookies from a bakery when half the fun is getting to make them! The boys were definitely excited about this part of the day!
We even gave Natalie the stuff to decorate her own cookie. She went minimalist with the icing and mostly ate the decorations, but she got to be a part of the fun!
Side note that I love her hair when we finally take the braids out. It’s got the 80’s crimp vibe going and makes the most awesome ponytails. :)
Matt even decorated a reindeer - with no candy bullets in it this time! (Which will make more sense once I get around to posting the photos from last Christmas’ cookies…)
Look at all the yummy cookies!
Someone enjoyed eating her cookies more than decorating them! Well, at least eating the icing… ;)
And to end the day off right - fondue for dinner! It’s my favorite Christmas tradition and I wasn’t going to miss a chance to make it. Though given it was just the four of us, I may have pared back the number of dippers and only made one kind. But it’s the thought that counts!
It was a great day to look forward to and even more fun to spend the day doing Christmas things. The boys did tell me at bedtime it would have been better if there were presents, but otherwise they had a blast!
Merry Half-ish Christmas to all and to all a goodnight!