Cookies and Sledding

During the colder weather we don't seem to be going out quite as much as when it's a little warmer, so we have been staying home and baking more. I got a cookie cookbook and a cupcake cookbook for Christmas, so we have been trying some of those recipes. Pippa and I usually wait for William to go down for his nap, and then we get baking. However, the first picture is of William when he wasn't napping. He learned a trick from Pippa and now he is always carting the step-stool around the kitchen so he can climb on it and see what I'm doing. This time he wanted the bubbles from doing the dishes...


So, the second cookie I wanted to make from my book was a milk chocolate cookie. I had everything I needed and a Pippa on hand to help clean up. She used her tongue and face to get the paddle clean.

Ahhh, sweet reward!

After the week, Pippa and William were ready for some outdoor time with Daddy! The weekend weather was absolutely lovely, so we took them up to the sledding hill on Mt. Bachelor. William spent the first hour asleep in the car, then woke up long enough to get a couple of runs in. Pippa is a sledding fiend and just can't get enough. Here are some videos and pictures of them sledding:

Daddy and Pippa racing Wyatt Johnson

Pippa's first big solo run

Pippa, William and Daddy on Will's first run ever!



Daddy and Will sledding

I'm going to be sitting this activity out for the season. I just get to watch and run around with the camera and any non-sledding kids.