Our tradition at the Niece and Nephew Christmas party is that we decorate a gingerbread house "cookie"
Uncle Greg looks forward to this as much as the kids do (seriously).
My theory is that you can see everyone's personality in the way they decorate their cookies. This year was no exception (and it's fun to see this theory develop as the kids grow and mature).
"thoughtful"
"detailed"
"designed"
"all guns a blazin"
Uncle Greg is the kind of artist who looks at a canvas and says "What do you want to be?" I think he nailed this one.
To the frustration of the baker, this year the cookies turned out very crackly. The kids said to themselves "nothing a lot of frosting can't cure" but Greg saw it and said to himself "there's an old man in there".
Aunt Katrina looked at that cookie and said, "I'm flipping it over and using the back of the cookie". My style is "simplicity". If you look back through the many Niece and Nephew Christmas party posts, you'll see that all my cookies are a slight variation on the same theme.
The other favorite part of party evening is the "dice game". We play for small prizes.
Enzo with his loot.
Also in attendance this evening were Rusty and Peanuts (the family cockatiels). Greg got a pretty good close up of Rusty.
Another Cookie Baking Night and another Niece and Nephew Christmas Party has come and gone and, as usual, a fun time was had by all (even Rusty and Peanuts).
