Christmas Cookies

Every Friday, our friends Alexander and Katarina come over for a sushi lunch with their mom, Susanne. I think I mentioned that my kids only eat sticky rice and udon noodles with broth. However, over the past two weeks, they have taken some pretty big strides. Both of them eat tamago, Jay now likes inari, and Nils ate some ebi tempura. Nils also tried to eat a tuna roll, but gave up before I could cut it for him and make it more manageable. So the weekly exposure is beginning to pay off!

This week, after our sushi lunch, we decorated cookies. Susanne baked gingerbread cookies and I made the icing. She also brought over a huge decorating kit with pens, different sprinkles, and sugar toppings. Katarina decorated a ton of cookies, Jay just one, and Nils was the smartest and only ate what we decorated.

This was also the first year that I actually made it to baking cookies for our neighbors. Every year I mean to, and every year, I never get a chance. Rather, I never make the time to bake them. I made brownies, buttercream filled cookies and decorated sugar cookies. If I only get around to doing it once every four years, then I hope they don't expect them again next year!

Of course we have more photos of Nils on various carousels, I'll have to attach them in another entry. We're going to the Wiehnachtsmarkt again today, so we'll probably have more. Today is actually the last day before they shut down and pack up until next year. December 23rd- the longest day of the year!