Cookie Party

Every year through elementary school my mom and I were invited to a friend's annual mother/daughter Christmas tea.  It is something I looked forward to every holiday season.  I love traditions like that.  And that is one reason why I got so excited to hear that Blake's BFF from school, Sophie, was going to be having a first annual cookie decorating party.  Sophie's mom grew up with her mom hosting the same type of party every year for her and her friends and it is a tradition she wanted to continue with her children.  So special.  Because Sophie has a brother that is Brady's age that she wanted to include too, we lucked out that it wasn't a mother/daughter occasion, but a family occasion, so the four of us all got to attend.  After being so sick for the last few weeks, it was really great for all of us to get out of the house and get to do something extra fun.  We all had a blast.  The boys loved decorating (and eating) the cookies, they had grown up food and drinks too which Brad and I definitely enjoyed and I so so loved getting to catch up with some of the mom friends I made from Blake's school and watching the boys have an absolute blast playing with all the kids.  We even timed leaving perfectly to drive by the annual Frisco Square Christmas celebration and looked at the balloon glow and dancing Christmas lights to music from the comfort and warmth of our car.  The entire afternoon definitely put us all in the holiday spirit!