Decorating cookies

Lately life seems to be so jammed packed with things to do. We wake up at 6:30 and Taneal and Camie catch the bus at 7:30. Then reading lessons with Danielle, meals cooked, kitchen cleaned, soccer practice three nights a week, homework and then bed. We needed to break the schedule and have a little fun. So, I decided to make homemade sugar cookies and let the kids decorate them. Wow, right? In a lot of families this is probably a weekly occurrence. Well, it can be pretty messy with four children and greasy frosting(Nathan isn't too involved yet). And, being the only adult referee, messes don't get cleaned up as easy and quickly, so we avoid messy projects. But, sometimes the messiness of a project needs to be overlooked and just have fun. so, I let the kids use the cookie-cutters and cut out the dough, I colored the frosting, put it into decorating bags, and let the kids have at it. it was so much fun and they loved it!

I should relax and do things like this more often.