Jim and Evie's Adventures!

It’s the holiday season… | December 13, 2011

And I am done with cookie baking.  I take my Christmas cookies very seriously–heaven forbid I skip a year making them.  Last week I frantically whipped up a batch a night as Jim hung out with Finn after work, and this weekend I finished up the goodies with a little help from my mom and Jim.  Now we just have to give them away so we don’t eat them all.  They aren’t the prettiest cookies this year–I mostly did bar cookies for the sake of time and ease–but they taste good, so that’s all that really matters.  I’m looking forward to the days when I have little kids baking with me like I used to bake with my mom; I had so much fun each year with my mommy!  (Note: we still have fun baking together, don’t get me wrong, but it just doesn’t happen that much anymore.)

So, the cookie list:

*snickerdoodle blondies

*double-chocolate mint brownies

*toffee squares

*chocolate-dipped coconut macaroons (my mom made the macaroons while I fed Finn and then I dipped them)

*inside-out peanut butter cup cookies (Jim made the dough for me, I formed them, baked them, and filled them)

*linzer bars

*nutella fudge

*white chocolate cranberry oatmeal cookies

Finn just put himself to sleep while playing on the floor (on a blanket, of course), so I’m writing while admiring his cuteness.  He is adorable.

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Saturday night we went to a Winter Ball at the seminary.  We couldn’t stay too long, since Finn had to eat and I needed to feed him (if you get my drift), but we had fun.  There were two other couples at our table, and we were all about the same age, so we ladies chatted the whole time.  The men were a little quieter . It was formal dress, so I wore my bridesmaid dress from Ashley’s wedding with black stockings, black heels, a black and gold scarf, and gold earrings.  I got some new makeup for the occasion, including primer, which I hadn’t used before and loved, and dark cabernet-colored lipstick.  I loved the color; Jim needed some time to get used to it.  It didn’t help that when I came out to feed Finn wearing it I had forgotten to put on blush, so I looked like the undead.  Poor man thought I wanted us to go as vampires.  I was quite pleased by how we looked, though.  We’re pretty good-looking .  And I was pleased that the whole outfit was inexpensive to pull together: my mom bought the scarf with JCpenney cash, I got the shoes and earrings for less that $20 with Kohls cash, and the stockings were a couple bucks at the drugstore.  The lipstick was the most expensive part! (I got the 24 hour long last stuff and it really did last the whole time.  I had to rub and rum with vaseline to get it off.)