Fun Christmas Weekend!

We started off the Christmas weekend Saturday morning at My Gym where Macy LOVES to play! Jumping on the trampoline is one her favorites!

Jump, Jump, Jump

Daddy, I'm not sure I like this sleigh ride!

Bubbles everywhere!

Waiting for a bubble :)

On Saturday afternoon, we started a new family tradition...Gingerbread Houses! We split into 2 teams and each team made a gingerbread creation!! Travis, Hadley, & Meghan worked on one. My mom, Jaron, and I worked on another team. My Dad played with Macy while we worked on them! It was fun! I have to say....Travis, Hadley, and Meghan's was very creative!! I think they won first place this year!

Macy working on her own creation with gumdrops and icing

Macy checking it out with Jaron

The finished products!!

After the gingerbread houses were finished, we ended the night with driving around like the Grizwalds and checking out Christmas Lights!! We drove through the Deerfield neighborhood where almost the entire neighborhood decorates. Some of the houses' lights dance to music. This year Macy really liked looking at all the lights. She was pointing left and right!

On Sunday afternoon, we made our family cookies, sandtarts. It is a Pennsylvania Dutch recipe that is from our family. Every year we make these cookies as a family. And, yes we ALL have matching shirts on :) That is part of the tradition as well. Everyone has a different part in the cookie making process: making the dough, rolling it, cutting out the cookies, decorating, baking, etc. It is always a great time!

Daddy & Macy

Gigi, Aunt Meme, and Pops rolling and cutting out the cookies

Hadley & Jaron decorating them

Macy having a snack :)

Macy decorating her first sandtart!!

Yummy, these are good!