Peanut Butter Christmas Cookies in the Kitchen!




This year we had so much fun baking Christmas cookies!  Christian is at an age (2 1/2) where he loves helping & doing projects.  Our kitchen's working really well for us...



...  and as you can see from the pics below, Christian was THRILLED   to help bake cookies for our friends. (when we were rolling the cookies into balls he couldn't stop giggling)




 

Here he is below with the peanut butter cookies all laid out in nice rows, waiting patiently after being told he STILL can't eat them...





And finally, our work paid off!!!  (We have a HUGE stock of Hershey bars in the pantry from s'more season leftover so we used chocolate bar pieces instead of hershey kisses.)  And mm mm mm!!  We gave out the cookies to family friends and of course had to keep a few for ourselves ;)  It's the little simple things about Christmas that make it so special & fun. 



We had a huge snowstorm here in Northern Virginia this weekend & school's been cancelled, so my husband is totally OFF for Christmas now!!  Still no baby but I'll keep you posted!!  Wishing you all a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS & Happy Holidays!!!

xoxo,
lauren

32 comments:

paige said...

what an exciting time in your GORGEOUS home!!
merry christmas :)

Anonymous said...

Save me a cookie!

Alaina @ Live Creating Yourself said...

Yum! And Christian is just darling. Looks like you had fun!

: )

Alaina

Dianne said...

The perfect holiday...husband home and baby on the way. God bless you all! xoxo

Carrie said...

I love your robin's egg blue Kitchen Aid mixer!

MFAMB said...

yummmm!!!!!!!! btw i totally stole your mantel idea. my greenery started to smell like urine and pine instead of just pine so i put it outside on the stair banister on the back porch. saw your post last week and went and bought 26 candles. HA! thanks.

Thomas said...

adorable! and the cookies-yummy!

sending you and your family happy thoughts from DC. stay warm!

vignette design said...

Christian looks so happy to be helping! Merry Christmas to you and yours. Maybe a Christmas Baby?
--Delores

Anonymous said...

He's soooo cute! Happy Holiday!

Melissa Marie Head said...

Sooooo cute! Everytime I see your home I love it but your little boy is precious also. Great idea to use the squares instead of hershey kisses.

Katrina said...

He is adorbale! Good luck with Bubby!!

Anonymous said...

Those look like great cookies and they photograph so well!
I like the big square of chocolate on top instead of the usual hershey kiss.

Pink Wallpaper said...

yum....i keep seeing that recipe and saying i am going to make them! i want your mixer though to do it :) can't wait to meet that new baby! merry christmas lauren!

High-Heeled Foot in the door said...

Those cookies look amazing, Christian looks adorable like always.

Must know when this baby will get here!

Tell Dave to send me a text when he/she is born!!!

What a great Christmas gift!

xoxo,

Camila

Jennifer said...

he is a doll Lauren!! er, he is a very handsome fellow. I never know what to say about boys, but 2.5 is still young enough to be a doll, right??

also, I have cookies on the blog today. this is getting ridiculous!

Mary said...

I still have my baking to do. I need a snowstorm to get me in the mood. Chicago didn't get any snow over the weekend.
I have my fingers crossed for a Christmas miracle for you guys.
Have a great holiday!

Room Service ~ Decorating 101 said...

They look good enough to eat! When is the baby due? Is your honey a teacher?

Anonymous said...

He is too adorable!!! I wish you and the family a wonderful holiday and hope everything goes smoothly with the Christmas baby. I'll be thinking of you! xoxo, Ally

Linda Merrill said...

Merry Christmas Lauren! The cookies look delicious and your helper is adorable too!

Ness Lockyer said...

Oh that is so cute! We are just about to bake Gingerbread men with the boys...no snow storm here, but I do have 2nd degree sunburn!!
Have a great day Lauren,
Ness xx

My Galveston Cottage said...

Adorable! And what pretty cookies, too.

DecRenew Interiors said...

I have such wonderful memories of baking in the kitchen with my girls around Christmas time. Love the Hershey piece. We've done that with rolo's too and they are delicious! Enjoy!

Ruthie

Velvet and Linen said...

Looks like you had some great help in the kitchen, Lauren! What a face!!!

Happy Holidays.

xo
Brooke

Connie @ SogniESorrisi said...

Your son is adorable and those cookies look delicious!

nannykim said...

Have a blessed Christmas. (I enjoyed making cookies with my grands, making sock snowmen, and a tree for the doll house ;-))

Riviera Boardwalk said...

What is the story behind the chalkboard ice box? Did you just paint it with chalkboard paint or what? nancy
www.rivieraboardwalk.bogspot.com

Jami - XOimagine said...

I just found you through Paloma and I love your blog! Fantastic! I just recently started my own design business as well. Great to meet you!

Sarah Engel said...

those look so yum! i want to make this week:) thank you. happy holidays. xo

Windlost said...

Yum, I will check my mailbox to see if mine arrived. haha. I know, I could make my own.

Awesome that Dave is off early. Cookie baking day looks so fun - your son is ADORABLE. My gosh - he looks like your child totally and is cute as a button and looks like he is a little character too. :)

Good luck with baby time!

Glad that the snow is over but what excitement for you guys! Last week we had a ton of snow in Calgary (been having lots of storms) and the Fire Dept delivered a baby in an SUV stuck in traffic...! If I ever get pregnant, I will do it in the Fall so I am not delivering in winter haha!

Maria Killam said...

Christian is such a little angel! Loved this post Lauren, so excited you are about to give birth!!
xoxo
Maria

Renée Finberg said...

both look 'delicious.'

your baby and those killer cookies!!!

happy new year.
ps happy new baby!!!!
xx

deliciously organized said...

Oh wow. Such a smart idea to use the leftover bars! These are my favorite cookies...