baking cookies

it is that time of year....cookie exchanges, TV and magazines full of recipes for baking cookies.  i usually get together with my mom and make cookies during the holidays, but this year she says she is not going to bake.  i am sorry to say that i do not have any photos of us in that holiday tradition, perhaps i can coax one out of her this year.


this is one of my very favorite photos of my two oldest boys making cutout cookies for christmas.  i would guess that they were 4 & 5 when this picture was taken.  i hope that they remember the fun we had that day.    john, the oldest, still makes cutout cookies with his children every thanksgiving and christmas for our family get-togethers.  we all look forward to them!!

adding to the charm is how faded this photo has become.  notice the 70's decorating theme of roosters, and the cabinets have been refinished in paint..."antiqued" is what we called it then.  i wish i still had the coffee pot!!!  but alas, long gone.  who knew that we would ever want anything from the 70's??