One night, we went to the zoo lights. It was really pretty and pretty dang cold. The kids of course stayed warm running from place to place! Thanks Mom and Dad for taking us!

I try hard to make it out to Strathmore whenever I'm in Calgary to visit my Gramma. She's so dear to me. It was lovely to take the kiddos out for a little visit. Next time we'll order in pizza. I love you Gramma!

We learned how to make fancy sugar cookies. My Mom taught us how and it was a lot of fun! The girls especially enjoyed making all sorts of fancy creations. I've never flooded sugar cookies before and it's a pretty satisfying thing to do. It was special to be in town to do this with my Mom and not just seeing photos on the family chat. 

Ah, it feels so good to get the body moving over the holidays. I went on a little walk with my parents, my sister and the big girls. It was so lovely to spend even just these little moments together.

Sometime before Christmas we made swedish gingerbread cookies and sugar cookies. Here are some pictures of my little helpers. Maeve got in like a dirty shirt grabbing fingerfuls of dough to eat! In December, Maeve added the word, "cookie" to her vocabulary.