Homemade Christmas Tree Cookies 

Christmas Tree Cookies - North Texas Kids

Granny Ellen’s Sugar Cookies

My twins are such lucky grand kids! Every major holiday, they can look forward to a special care package from Grammy and G-Joe filled with lots of special treats. The most special treat of all are Grammy’s homemade sugar cookies, a recipe handed down to her from her mom. Granny Ellen’s sugar cookie recipe is amazing!

Here’s what you need to make these yummy sugar cookies.

Great Edible Craft to Keep Kids Busy

One of my biggest challenges over the Holidays is keeping kids entertained and not glued to the t.v. or computer screen all day long. They love to play outside, but yesterday was grey and cold. Today, they are going to make very ambitious gingerbread houses with Grandma (I will post photos later.) I love the simple and inexpensive ideas, like this one from http://www.therecipeminute.com/