Getting Ready for Christmas...

This year the kids decided to undertake a cooking project entirely on their own, with zero help from mom and dad. Here they are working on gingerbread cookies:

The cookies were really good, too (Ethan picked a recipe from the King Arthur cookbook). Huzzah-- I need to get them started in on making dinners during the week...

NB: astute observers will note that Lydia is wearing a hat indoors in the second photo -- Amy claims that I keep the house thermostat setting way too low, but I pretend not to hear :-)