Common Cuisine |

Well the holidays are in full swing! I am really into it this year, because it’s our first Christmas together as a family without having any travel to plan for. I love being home for the holidays, but this year we have a sense that it is our house that is the home, and we are creating the traditions for our kids.

It all started when we put our tree up the middle of November… what, is that so early? We were going out of town for Thanksgiving and I was really geeked to have the decorations up already when we returned from our trip on December 2. As an added surprise, the kids and I came home from the airport to find that my husband had put up icicle lights, our first ever exterior decorations. Woo hoo!

We got right into Advent and Christmas crafts that included ornaments and a kids nativity set. How fun! And then one day, the inevitable urge struck… COOKIES! I thought I would make some cutout cookies. It quickly mushroomed into double batches of nine different kinds of cookies and soon I had boxes and plates of them overrunning my table space in the garage.

Since I have had requests for some of my recipes, I will publish them here. Remember the secret ingredient is… love! You will find recipes for Snickerdoodles, Snowballs, and more.

This week, we are making gingerbread houses and MORE cookies! Sigh… I just love cookies.