Making Christmas cookies
For the past 5-6 years, I have gone to my Mom's house to bake Christmas cookies. This year we let Eva help with a few things. My Mom taught her how to "evenly" measure our flour, as you can see in the picture. Our main cookie is the ever popular cut out and frosted sugar cookie. The next thing to teach Eva (and then Sophia) is to cut out the cookies and then to decorate them.
Making Lefse
For those that aren't Scandinavian or from the Midwest, lefse is like a flour tortilla, only it is made from potatoes. My husband, Shane, remembers both his grandmother and his mom making lefse during the fall, so I thought it would be great to learn how. My mother-in-law, Kathy, taught me how to make it, though I have not yet made it from scratch. See, to make lefse from scratch, you must boil potatoes, cool them, rice and mash them. I don't feel up to that yet! So, I have been using prepared dry mixes, which Shane says are just as good (?). Eva and Sophia have watched me make the lefse, and my hope is that in the years to come, they learn how to make it and pass it on. Here I am rolling out the dough and flipping the lefse on the griddle:
Decorating the kids' Christmas tree
My parents have a small tree at their house that the children can decorate every year. The ornaments are mainly ones that my sister and I had when we were younger and consist of soft, pillow-y ones that my Mom made, soft, crocheted ones, wood ornaments, and some plastic ones. Basically, kid-friendly ornaments. It was so fun watching Eva hang these ornaments that I remember my sister and I hanging on our tree so many years ago! I can't wait to watch Sophia join in the coming years. Here is Eva decorating the tree:
To quote a saying from years past, may we all remember that "Jesus is the reason for the season"!
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