baking friday :) Christmas Cookies with m&m's :) Santa Claus' Bells! Christmas Spirit in the air :)

"i hear Santa's Bells! he's on the roof with Rudolph!"- my nephew's Mikey and Hunter said that today, during baking friday! :)


baking friday!!! :) calling all cookie monsters and Santa Claus! :) hehe! :) cookie monsters and Santa claus! :) hehe! :) cookie monsters and santa claus unite!!! :) it's baking friday!!! :) oh my! :) A super fun, festive, and sweet spirited awesome, Christmas time themed baking friday adventure in the kitchen!!! :) With a very special visit from Santa Claus! :) We heard Santa's bells, and reindeer bells today, on top of our roof! :) "up on the rooftop, reindeer paws, down thru the chimney, comes santa claus!!!" :) this was so much fun!!! :) The kids are so happy and excited! :) we heard bells in the kitchen today, and Santa Claus brought a gift for Mikey and Hunter!!! :) awww! :) We're so happy and thrilled, for all of the great times, and special memories being made :) we had a super sweet, christmas time baking friday adventure! :) We're smiling and smiling! :) come on over, for some baking friday goodies! :)


We sure do love our baking friday adventures, and sharing our adventures with everyone :) keeping with the tradition, a wonderfully wholesome tradition, today Kayla, Mikey, Hunter, and i baked some awesome Christmas sugar cookies with m&m's :) it was so much fun! :) we all were hearing a special jingle bells in the kitchen today, and Mikey and Hunter even went outside, to see if they could spot Santa Claus! :) awww! :) Santa claus left a cool note here in my computer room, with a special note for Mikey and Hunter and a gift! :) i brought out the note, i read it, it said, "Dear Mikey and Hunter, you did a great job baking today, here's a gift i left for your uncle Chris to give to you" :) Mikey's and Hunter's eyes lit up with excitement, and i handed them a playdoe set which comes with playdoe cookie cutters! :) they are so happy and excited! :) Lots of festive christmas cheer, and excitement! :) We're having a wonderful day, and loving all of the holiday season joys! :)


my family and i hope everyone is doing well, and enjoying a wonderful day! :) Twas 3 days until Christmas holiday! :) There's lots of great things going on, and many special memories being made :) We're having so much fun, and having the time of our lives, celebrating the holiday season with you and your family's :) Thank you all, for making our holiday season very special, magical, and memorable :) we think of you and your family's often, and we're with eachother in spirit :) During the evening yesterday, we had a great time ,going to Jenn's house, for their annual Christmas cookies party :) Jenn, Mike, Mikey, and Hunter welcomed us over :) We got to see their Christmas tree, lights, decorations :) they baked cookies and made corn chowder for us all :) We all had an awesome time, and so much fun, the kids were having lots of fun playing, and there was Christmas music on :) it was a very festive evening and night :) We enjoyed the nice visit, corn chowder, and cookies :) we thanked Jenn, and family for having us over for the special celebration :) we saw Christmas lights in our city, including the big rose light too :) the moon and stars were shining bright in the december sky :) Holly and i enjoyed opening our treasures packages last night, and we watched a movie :) it was such a wonderful evening and night, and many special Christmas time memories made, that we all will forever treasure :)


The holiday season is such a special joy :) This morning, we had a sweet new day, rising and shining :) There's lots of excitement in the air :) they are forecasting a snowfall here, for Christmas Eve into Christmas day!!! :) possible 1 to 4 inches of snowfall! :) wow! :) it's gonna be a winter wonderland on Christmas morning :) We're so happy and excited! :) i wished my family and friends a happy baking friday, and shared with my family, your lovely happy baking friday wishes :) awww! : )Thank you everyone, so very much! :) You all are very nice and sweet :) We've been having so much fun this season, baking Christmas goodies :) it's a wonderful time for some baking :) The spirit of Christmas, warmth of the home, and special recipes, to enjoy baking :)


It was a sweet morning :) i gathered a big bowl of goodies, and went outside for my early morning nature walk :) our nature friends love their baking friday breakfast feasts :) awww! :) i put lots of goodies in our backyard for them :) i made a nice candy cane tea this morning :) i began to gather our baking friday supplies, and decorations, and went out into our kitchen, to begin decorating for baking friday :) i love decorating, with the festive Christmas themes :) my mom and dad went out to shop for a little while :) Lots of great christmas preparations :) We're enjoying hearing about your Christmas festivities, and traditions, and sharing ours :) it's so much fun, and a special joy :) Our kitchen looked so very festive, all decorated with Christmas spirit :) i prepared a nice lunch, and during the early afternoon, enjoyed some nice time here on ds, writing to friends :)


The kids had a half day of school today, and their Christmas holiday vacation began :) Alyssa, Aj, and the triplets had a busy afternoon, but were with us in spirit :) my sister Jenn, Mikey, and Hunter came over earlier, and we were all hanging out, getting ready to bake goodies :) Kayla and her bf had some plans, for around 3:30pm, and we wanted to begin baking earlier, so that Kayla could help us prepare the cookies :) we were all gathering around in our kitchen, lots of great excitement in the air :) Each year, the baking friday before Christmas, i love to bring a Christmas bell with me into the kitchen, i put the bell in my pocket, so i can put my hand in my pocket from time to time ,to run the bell, and i point to the rooftop, to see if the kids also heard the bell, it's Santa Claus and his reindeer! :) The kids get so excited! : )it's a special baking friday Christmas tradition :)


We got our picture taken in our kitchen, we've been enjoying using our nice baking friday supplies :) our nice aprons, oven mits, kitchen towels, cookie cutters, and lots more :) our nice baking friday supplies, are a great part of our baking, and cooking each week, and during the holiday's :) our kitchen was all set, and we were ready to get the flour flying in the air in the kitchen! :) calling all cookie monsters, and santa claus! : )it's time to bake! bake! bake! :) We began our super fun adventure! :) We wore our santa claus hats :) i said to Kayla, "pick out the best egg ever!" :) She loves to pick out the eggs :) Mikey and Hunter got the flour, and sugar, and we all began to add the ingredients into the bowl :)the kids are so excited, and proud, to help add in the ingredients :) they're super helpers, Kayla, and i, and us all are very proud of them :)


We began to hear, SANTA CLAUS' BELLS!!! :) Mikey and Hunter were so excited, and we were looking at the ceiling, seeing where exactly the sounds of the bells were coming from! :) Lots of christmas smiles and baking friday fun being shared :) You all are always right there with us in spirit :) Hunter said, "i just heard the bell! it's santa!" and Mikey said, "i heard the reindeer!" :) awww! :) two times, Mikey and Hunter went outside, by our front steps, to see if they could spot santa claus and his reindeer! :) i mentioned to Mikey and Hunter, that when the bells sound louder, it means Santa Claus can smell the cookies we're baking, and that it's almost christmas holiday :) the kids were so excited, and even looked out our kitchen window! :) i told Mikey and Hunter, if it's dark outside, and if you see a red light in the sky, it's Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer! :) we were having so much fun, and making Christmas shaped sugar cookies :) i mentioned to Mikey and Hunter, that Santa Claus and his reindeer probably smelled the cookies from the cookies party yesterday evening, and that they may hear the bells at their home this evening :) they were so excited! :) awww! :)


my mom and Jenn were coming out into the kitchen :) This was awesome!!! :) Lots of Christmas spirit! :) i put the 1st batch of cookies into the oven to bake, and we continued to hear Santa claus' bells! :) it was so much fun, and exciting :) i told Mikey, and Hunter i needed to go check something in my computer room, and i came back out into the living room, with a special note from santa claus, i read the note to them, and gave them a playdoe set that comes with cookie cutters :) i told them, that Santa claus left it for me to give to them! :) Mikey and Hunter were so excited!!! :) awww! :)


We love all of these awesome times, and great baking friday memories being made :) the sugar cookies finished baking, and i brought the cookies out of the oven to cool down :) Once the cookies cooled down, we then pressed the red and green m&m's into the cookies :) the cookies came out great! :) We had so much fun today, baking the Christmas cookies, and such a sweet fun time all throughout the season, baking Christmas goodies :) It's an awesome time, for some holiday baking fun :) i thanked Mikey and Hunter for helping bake cookies :) We love baking friday, and have many more super fun adventures to look forward too :) a very special shoutout, for family and friends :) Lots of great baking and cooking this week :) We love hearing about the nice goodies, and foods you all bake and cook :) we're with eachother in spirit, in our kitchens :) i wish we all could gather, and have a big Christmas cookies/baked goodies party! :) Christmas Sugar Cookies, dedicated to our wonderful family, friends, and to the wonderfully special, magical and festive spirit of the season :) We love you all so very very much! :) many great memories made, to always cherish and treasure :) baking friday, we love it!!! :) December 22nd, 2017 :) Happy baking friday, and Merry Christmas Wishes everyone! :)


We're enjoying a super sweet, and awesome day!!! :) baking friday!!! :) we love it!!! :) my family and i are doing well, and are in great spirits :) there's lots of great things going on, and many special memories being made :) We love this wonderful time of the year, with lots of great christmas festivities, and traditions :) it's been an amazing stretch of days, and there's so much more, to look forward too :) the weekend is arriving with lots of spirit :) Tomorrow, we're gonna go Christmas shopping at the dollar tree :) i'm going to finish up my Christmas shopping, buying some wrapping paper, gift bags, and also gonna be putting together all the gifts, i got for my family, wrapping, and putting gifts in gift bags :) Holly and i are going to watch football, and a movie tomorrow night, and Sunday is Christmas eve :) my family and i look forward to our annual Christmas eve party, having foods, snacks, drinks, and watching football, and Holly and i are going to watch a movie on Christmas eve night :) it's going to be a wonderfully festive weekend :) i look forward to sharing our weekend adventures, and pictures with everyone, in my journals, with lots of pictures :) There's many more great things to look forward too :) Tonight, Holly and i are going to watch 2 episodes of Most Haunted show :) We love our friday night, paranormal party night's :) Thank you angel friends, so very much, for all that you do for us :) You all are wodnerfully nice, sweet, and very caring and generous :) We deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our hearts :) BIG GROUP WARM HAPPY CHRISTMAS FRIENDSHIP HUGS :) We hope everyone enjoys a wonderfully festive weekend :)


-never lose hope :)


To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, today, Kayla, the kids, and i baked some nice Christmas cookies for baking friday :) We're so excited, for an awesome weekend, and Christmas holiday :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)


my mom says hello :) She says, "i hope everyone had a really good baking friday" :) She says. "have a nice weekend" :) Awww! :) We love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) We hope everyone is doing well, and enjoying a great day :) We hope everyone enjoys a wonderfully safe, fun, happy, and festive weekend :) Its gonna be an awesome weekend, getting ready for Christmas holiday :)


Happy baking friday!!! :) Calling all cookie monsters, and Santa claus!!! :) it's CHRISTMAS TIME!!! Celebrations baking friday!!! :) oh my! :) come on over, for a Christmas time celebrations!!! :) my family and i are so happy, excited, and thrilled! :) TIS THE SEASON TO BE JOLLY! :) SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN!!! :) We're having so much fun, and having the time of our lives, celebrating the holiday season with everyone and baking lots of christmas goodies throughout the season :) it's sweet classic, and golden TWAS 3 days until Christmas holiday!!! and the spirit of the season is all around! :) There's lots of great festivities, and traditions :) my family and i thank you all, so very much for celebrating with us, and for making our holiday season fun, festive, very special, and memorable :) HEAR THOSE SLEIGHBELLS RING-ALING, JINGLING TOO!!! OH IT'S LOVELY TIMES, FOR A CHRISTMAS PARTY WITH YOU!!! :) LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW!!! :) Today, we're celebrating our annual Christmas week, party baking friday adventure!!! :) This is a picture of our kitchen all set up, and decorated for our super fun adventure :) We're listening for the sounds of BELLS on our rooftop! :) HERE COMES SANTA CLAUS and HIS REINDEER!!! :) We're baking some Christmas cookies today, and gonna have some saved for Santa Claus! : )The kids are so happy and excited!!! :) Twas 3 days until Christmas! :) HO HO HO!!! :) The spirit of Christmas is all around! :) Thank you everyone, so very much, for joining us in our kitchen each week, and for welcoming us into your kitchens :) This is so much fun, festive, sweet, and very special : )calling all cookie monsters and Santa claus! :) It's time to bake! bake! bake! :)


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baking friday supplies! :) We have a very special festive Christmas time shoutout, and thank you, for my dear and lovely mom and dad :) They went shopping today and picked up some baking friday supplies :) it's very nice, and sweet of them :) Thank you mom and dad, so very much! :) We all love to chip in each week, and get the baking friday supplies :) We're so blessed, and thankful to have this very special tradition in our lives :) Happy baking friday smiles :)


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Greetings, from our kitchen to yours! :) Happy Holiday's!!! :) Kayla, the kids, and i got our picture taken in the kitchen today :) It's a cool baking friday tradition :) Sharing lots of smiles, and baking friday memories being made :)


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Christmas Time!!! :) my family and i love our Christmas decorations, treasures, and baking supplies :) We love the holiday baking season :) it's such a wonderfully fun, exciting, and awesome festive time of the year :) Merry Christmas Wishes :)


Holly gave me this beautiful red cardinal and pinecones Christmas ornament :)


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Baking friday teamwork! :) Preparing the cookies :) the kids love to help! :) they're great helpers :) they get so proud, to add the ingredients, super stirring, and of course, enjoying the goodies we bake :) It's a fun time for some holiday baking :) We love Christmas time :) We've got our Christmas aprons, oven mits, kitchen towels, and santa claus hats :)


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Christmas Sugar Cookies with m&m's :) Kayla, Mikey, Hunter, and i had lots of fun baking Christmas cookies :) the kids were so excited, to hear Santa claus' bell, and the reindeer on the roof! :) Awww! :) Lots of Christmas spirit : )We love Christmas time baking, and all of the great memories being made :) Thank you all, for celebrating this very special times with us : )our hearts are glowing like Christmas lights :) Sending our love, and Christmas smiles, from our hearts and home to yours :) baking friday :)


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hi angel friends! :) in my journal tomorrow, i'm going to share pictures, from Jenn's and family's Christmas cookie's party, plus pictures of wonderful gifts, and treasures my family and i recieved :)

Replies

CoolGal
CoolGal

Hi Chris Glad you and your family are having a nice day and enjoyed baking.Sure sounds like you and the kids had some wonderful Christmas fun and some great cookies too. The cookies came out awesome.Glad you have lots of fun and Christmas joys planned for this weekend.Hope you have a great time,Thanks for all my nice hugs today Enjoy a good night Hugs to everyone-Stephanie
KneeDeep
KneeDeep

hello Chris what a great day you all had. Everyone looks happy and ready for Santa. Pretty Christmas ornament. wow
just checking in to see how you are all doing. Merry Christmas Chris and Family. ♥
Lilysawyer
Lilysawyer

oh boy look at the cookies. I love the baking Fri gang, you all did a great job. Now can I please have a cookie :D
bluemoon29
bluemoon29

the beautiful baking team is at it again!! sweetness:)
JOYHOLY
JOYHOLY

Lots of CHRISTMAS CHEERS, DECORATIONS, BELLS, AWESOME CHRIS, love to see the joy of Christmas all around your house, lovely decorations, biscuits must be nice and crunchie, children look happy baking, happy to hear that you had such a good time at your sister house, wonderful memories for you all.
i don't have any decoration out, just cards i just don't feel like taking thing down from the loft, will be at my daughter and she has all the decorations, my Grandson loves his Christmas tree , i guess i am getting old, anyway thank you for the card, you are always kind, and i am grateful, thank you very much.
Got do the gifts this evening, got a car for my Grandson that he can make run with the hand held control, he loves cars , got myself a fake fur coat, Charlie and Lici have lots of treats, our nature friends have lots of food, one Sqirrel lives here and its a real pest, asking for peanuts ,weather is warmer,
lots of love, to you and family, give your MUM and all my best wishes, MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR, LOTS OF LOVE FROM ME AND ALL**
cedarbrooke
cedarbrooke

Wow last baking day before Christmas Day, excellent job Team Bakers! Hugs! Brooke
cedarbrooke
cedarbrooke

Cheering for Holly's Ravens. Go Ravens Go. Hugs! Brooke