Charlie Dog "Tails": Busy!!

It's been such a busy two days!!! Yesterday, Sunday, I spent 5 hours making and frosting cookies!!! For some really smart reason I decided to double the cookie recipe. Let me tell you, having to roll out dough, cut out shapes, and then later frost them! Hard work!!! I took a break right after the cookies all came out of the oven, about ten minutes probably, and then started on the frosting. I started the frosting at 3:30-3:35. My mom helped some, but not much. :P After 2 1/2 hours of frosting I took about a 15 minute break to eat dinner. After dinner it was right back to frosting where I eventually finished at 7:11!!! (that was the actual time I finished, I remember!)
At one point, between the after dinner frosting and finishing the Santa Fire Truck came through the neighborhood!! For those who are not familiar with the Santa Fire Truck, it is an old fire truck that goes around the neighborhoods of Redmond with Santa on the back. When they see you, Santa gets off the truck and gives you a candy cane!!! You can also donate to Hopelink, but as we already did shortly after Thanksgiving, we didn't again. One year, when the Santa Fire Truck came by I even got a stuffed animal!! It was a bear in purple pajamas with stars and moons on it that glowed in the dark!
I was glad when I finally finished the cookies! I already made a batch of Sugar cookies last week!

Today, I made some more cookies. I think I must be crazy because this isn't the end of the baking! Still going to make Spritz cookies, oreo balls, and fudge!! I made shortbread with Chocolate chips in the middle, as well as some popsika (a polish cinnamon sugar type mixture that goes in Kolaches, which are polish pastries!). These cookies only took about an 45 minutes (25 of which was the baking part!).

After completing the cookies I wrapped presents!!! I wrapped my presents to my brother and dad and then wrapped the presents to my dad that my mom got him. She doesn't have the time to wrap the presents because of work, so I wrap them for her every year.

What would a post be without any mention of dogs!!! Right now we have Bolt, Harry, and Teddy, in addition to Charlie! We have had all these dogs before and we like them all. Harry is a bit of a grump, I think he is actually bipolar because he is happy and wanting pets one minute and literally a second later will snap at you! Teddy is a terror! All he wants to do is play with the other dogs, but the other dogs won't play with him. He also has to wear a diaper because he can't resist lifting his leg. Bolt is a cutie. He is small and has an underbite. He loves to sit with me and be anywhere I might be. Charlie had been really good lately though is getting a bit tired of the other dogs.

I hope to have some more to blog about after Christmas!!! I just need to find my camera charger so that I can actually take pictures at Christmas time and not with my iPhone.

Santa Squirrel!

I attempted to make a nativity scene, but it is hard to make wise men!

My attempt at Jesus in cookie form. :) (baby Jesus that is)

I had to cut out wings with the dough, they are a bit big.

This is a Camel Ho. I made it, and another, to go along with the Penguin Pimps I made my brother and his friend. I don't have a picture of the Penguin pimps though!