ahhh.... lovely

For Christmas my big gift was a Kitchenaid mixer! I have wanted one for SO long and was shocked and thrilled when I ripped the wrapping paper off to see it! I picked a silver color and am in LOVE with it! Today I made some cookies and really recognized how much easier it is then a hand mixer! NO MORE standing around beating... I am a multi tasker now! Except when I get caught up in how amazing it is and just sit and WATCH it go!

THANK YOU MOM AND DAD I LOVE MY MIXER!

I have a some other news that I am batting around in my head! Tomorrow I go back to work... just for the day.... I dont know how I feel! Its been SO SO long since I've gone to work!

I am excited to see the girls at the Flower Shop

I am excited to play around with some flowers, the Bridal Fair is this weekend and that means we get to be CREATIVE!

I am excited to get away.. NO KIDS.. NO FIGHTING... NO WHINING

And Yet.....

I feel a little unsure! I dont know what I am unsure about! I know once I get there I will be on cloud 9 but until then I feel a little nervous and overwhelmed! I know this will help me to get out and use some of my talents with out little hands and needs but I am unsure if I were to go back to work a few times a month if I could balance everything? I am sure I am over-thinking it.... Ill be sure to take some pictures of my day tomorrow to share and reflect after!!!!

A Snickerdoodle Kind of Day

Yesterday I had my 36 week appointment! Whew... the new baby is getting so close! I have been thinking about all the things I need to do to be ready, all of a sudden they just seem to do be banging down my door! 

Finish with Christmas Shopping, 

wash all the baby clothes, 

organize the baby's room, 

deep clean the house so its ready, 

hang all my pictures on the wall (yes I STILL haven't done that, and we moved in almost 3 months ago:) 

make frozen dinners for after I have the baby,

finish reading my birthing books,

pack my hospital bag, 

finish the boys blankets (I am STILL working on that project too:)

and lots more I have yet to think of....

So with all of that on my mind my stomach started complaining! And I realized I NEEDED a treat... not just any treat! A SNICKERDOODLE!

The boys and I got right to business! (Who needs to work on the mile long list of IMPORTANT things to do, when cookies are calling) Both the boys wanted to help so they each sat on the counter and took turns adding ingredients! I WISH I could have gotten a picture of them taking turns but I didn't want to push my luck! 

The boys enjoying a little dough after we were finished mixing everything together!

Isn't licking the beaters the best part of baking cookies?

Cooper was so proud of his role in the mixing! He clapped after each ingredient he added and was FASCINATED with the mixer! I think he might become a chef! He just loves to help cook and when I am not cooking he is pretending HE IS, with ALL MY DISHES! 

After we made the dough it had to chill in the fridge so we watched Charlotte's Web, the one with Dakota Fanning! The kids loved it! It is a really funny cute movie! ANYWAY both the boys helped make the dough into balls and LOVED rolling it in the cinnamon sugar! We wont be sharing these cookies with the neighbors, little boy germs in every bite :)

It was just what I needed to get my mind of my ever growing TO DO LIST! 

I love baking with my BOYS!