Signs of the season:

We'd been up less than five minutes, but Avril had already climbed to the middle of the table, stole a cookie, climbed back down, settled back into a seat on the couch and started eating it.

Dwayne's company sends our Christmas ham and other rich, authentic goodies every December.

The mess of baking sugar cookies.

The crumbs from all the cookies.

Dwayne's company also sends delicious citrus every December. This is another treat we really look forward to.

Yum!

Cookie decorating made simple enough for a six year old.

Cookies, cookies everywhere!