Our new plan? Teach the kids responsibility by giving them "Trust Bucks" for certain deeds. What kid wouldn't work hard for this?

Better Late Than Never?

Standing in the kitchen with flour hand prints all over my black stretchy pants (you know the type I always wear) I am finally getting into the Christmas Spirit. I have made two types of cookies today. One double chocolate and the other Russian Tea Cakes- my favorite. Emma and I both ate about five cookies worth of dough. Salmonella be darned!