Grandma and Grandpa Anderson come for a visit....Day 4 - Making Christmas Cookies and going to Rockefeller Center Tree

On Monday morning Cohen and Grandma Anderson finally made sugar cookies. Cohen loves making cookies. He is currently obsessed with mixing "flour," so he's always asking to make waffles and pancakes.

After making the cookies, we ran down to Rockefeller Center to see the tree. Grandma and Grandpa left later in the afternoon. We miss them so much!

Grandma and Grandpa Anderson come for a visit....Day 1

Last weekend Grandma and Grandpa Anderson came for a little visit. The main purpose of the trip was for Grandma to make sugar cookies with Cohen. I love my parents and their willingness to spend so much time with me and my family. They are amazing grandparents to Cohen. He has no idea how truly lucky he is.

On their first day here Grandma and Cohen made a gingerbread train. Cohen totally got into it! He really enjoyed eating the candy and frosting.  Some of the train was made of fondant and when we weren't looking, Cohen would sneak and piece and eat it. It was really cute.

We then headed to the Plaza for lunch. We had pasta and grabbed some black and white cookies for the road. The Plaza is decorated so nicely for Christmas and they have some some totally delicious treats. 

Making Sugar Cookies with Grandma

My mom has talked about making sugar cookies with Cohen before he was even born. Supposedly it's something that Grandma's do with their grandchildren :) Kari and Dad have been making fun of her for wanting to make cookies with Cohen when he is so young, but mom didn't let that get her down. When she was visiting us over Christmas, she made oatmeal cookies with him. He just basically watched, but I think both had fun.

Well, I saw on Facebook that Staci (a family friend from La Center) made sugar cookies with her grandson who is literally the same age as Cohen. I told my mom about it and to not let Kari and Dad bug her about it. So, the first day of our trip to Washington Mom made sugar cookies with Cohen. It was so much fun watching them. Cohen started getting the hang of things by the end, but he really just wanted to eat the dough and play with it. Can you blame him?! I think after a couple more tries Cohen will be an expert! Thanks mom for wanting to make such wonderful memories with Cohen.

Friday Favorites: Baking cookies is my favorite

I guess I get my love for baking cookies from my dad. He use to make cookies every Sunday after church and now baking cookies is one of my favorite things! I just wish I had more time to bake or occasions to bake them for. Also, Jeff and I are trying to be more healthy so it's not good having cookies around the house. Sad, but baking is still my favorite.

Here are some of my favorite cookies to make (You will notice that most of them are Martha Stewart):

• Soft and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies So, I like these, but Jeff isn't the hugest fan. However, Jeff loves the dough!
• Pumpkin Cookies with Brown Butter Icing This is a favorite of mine! I could make these everyday for the rest of my life and be truly happy!
• Peanut Butter Whoopie Pies I've only made these once, but they were sooooo good. I will most definitely make them again. Jeff feels I need to work on the Peanut Butter filling. He said it was too sweet.
• Sugar Cookies Cutouts I LOVE these cookies. One of of Jeff's Young Men call them the "blue bunny" cookies. I made cute little light blue bunnies for my primary class two Easters ago and gave the left overs top the YM.

• Dad's Giant Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies! I don't have Dad's permission to share this one...sorry.
• BettyCrocker Peanut Butter Cookies: This is in one of my moms cookbooks at home. I have yet to find it's equal. Got a blue ribbon at the Clark County Fair with this cookie!

Here are some I would love to try and make sometime:

• Mini Black-and-White Cookies I love me a Black-and-White cookie!
• Rainbow Pinwheel Cookies These just look cool!
• Soft and Chewy Snickerdoodles You really can't go wrong with a Snickerdoodle
• Chewy Gooey Flourless Chocolate Chookie I really need to find a good Chocolate Cookie recipe. I've yet to find one. Maybe this will be the one!