Christmas Treats!

 

Just Emmy hanging out before church....

 

Emersen's great grandmother invited her over to carry on Cooper traditions this Christas. Wes and his brother used to go make and decorate cookies and decorate a cake for Jesus' birthday each year. Em and I got to celebrate this year with Gigi making the cookies, cake and even having Em's favorite - Papa John's Pizza. She had a BLAST! Her favorite thing while cutting out the cookies was to throw on a handful of flour to the dough...

 

Note the flour on her nose...

 

Traditional calls for kiddo to wear an old shirt of Gigi's as her apron.

 

 

Happy Birthday Jesus!

 

 

 

Emersen wanting to dump ALL the sprinkles out on the cookies at one time. And she didn't quite get the nature of dough being soft and fragile. While decorating the cake, she stuck her hand in the middle - there are holes you can't really see - and pushed the candles almost all the way into the cake. And she wiggled around the whole time. But she had so so much fun getting to do something herself. She loved playing with Gigi's antique toys. She talked all the way there about being excited. She bonded with the neighbor across the street. She looked at Gigi and said, "I love you Gigi." I am so grateful we had the opportunity to do something this special this season with her great grandmother. And nothing is better than family members passing on Christ centered traditions as well, explaining why we are celebrating this time of year and teaching her, in Emersen manner through cake, how Jesus loves us.

 

Merry Christmas!