Why I decided to take on an almost 6 hour baking project while having a 5 month old to take care of at the same time I have no clue. It started out with making the dough in the morning, letting it chill in the refrigerator, then rolling out the dough, cutting out the cookies, baking them in the oven, letting them cool, making frosting, and then frosting all of them. It ended up being a lot of work, and I still have a messy kitchen to clean up. But according to my husband and best friend they do taste delicious. I used a basic sugar cookie recipe but added the zest of one medium sized lemon to the dough, and then a basic glaze frosting with almond extract, and a butter cream frosting. Oh and I own zero Christmas themed cookie cutters, so hearts and fleur de lis it is!
My frosting mess after wards.
Oh and when you have a 5 month old...it takes a lot to keep them entertained while baking, so I pretty much ended up hauling everything in the kitchen. So between modern day baby entertainers and a good 2 hour nap my little lady let me start and finish my baking project.
Last week I made a friend, whose baby is only 11 days younger than Tatiana, another blanket for her adorable little girl. Even though it's fairly simple it's one of my favorites so far. The colors are so pretty. It's super soft polar fleece, and it's a high quality fleece, so it doesn't pill when you wash it. At some point I will also post one of Tatiana's Christmas presents, a big blanket I made for her.
And tomorrow...Tatiana's 5 month old photos! Here's a small sneak peak!
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