Christmas Cookies for Breakfast! Yuuummmm — it truly IS the most wonderful time of the year.
The house is all quiet now — SweetiePie and the boys haven’t arrived yet, and TheManoftheHouse is out running Christmas errands, so I thought I’d sneak in a quick visit here in ThimbleannaLand. We only managed to get four of our standard Christmas Cookies baked this year — Lemon Gems, Raisin Filled, Grandma Hill’s Browned Butter, and the we-can’t-live-without-cookie, Angel Slices. MyDadLovesMeBestSister is baking the cut-out sugar cookies as we speak and we’ll decorate them tonight. I’m hoping to sneak in some quick shortbread cookies tomorrow morning — just in time for Santa.
And, guess what else we’ll be doing tonight?
Yipee — the annual Family Gingerbread House Competition! The teams have been drawn and there’s been some advanced planning. Late last night, while sitting in the glow of the Spaceship Christmas Tree, I was reading over the gingerbread competition re-cap from last year. It’s hard to see how we’ll top the last few years, but I’m really excited to see what everyone dreams up!
Ok, time’s up! Wishing you the Very Merriest Christmas! I hope you all have a holiday filled with family and friends, love and laughter, and LOTS of magic!
XOXO,
Anna
Can’t wait to see the entries into the annual gingerbread house challenge…hey if you want to make it really interesting…why don’t you let your readers pick the winner!?
Sounds like you have a wonderful array of goodies in the house for a wonderful Christmas!
take care and happy holidays!
Can’t wait to see the gingerbread house entries from this year! I love observing the tradition! You’ll have to check out my blog entry later today (still writing it) to see what we’re planning for tomorrow night! :) Cookies for breakfast! YUM! :) Merry Christmas and many hugs, Thimbleanna! :)
Have a wonderful Christmas with your family, love Anne
I am also looking forward to your annual gingerbread house competition! In fact, I was telling my friend Kim all about yesterday as we helped her girls decorate their pre made (I know, I know) gingerbread house.
Your cookies look and sound delicious. I have mince tarts in the oven as we speak…mmmm…smell good!
Can’t wait to see the results! I love this tradition…maybe I should adapt this for my family :)
Have fun…
{Go, team 3, go!!! :)}
I can’t wait to see the gingerbread houses! How fun!!! Have a wonderful Christmas!
Love-
That girl from Oklahoma :)
oo oo oo can’t wait to see what you all come up with – this just has to be the best tradition lol… merry christmas everyone x
Wow, I have missed so much in Thimbleanna land. I cannot wait to see this years Gingerbread house competition! Now to get all caught up on your other posts. Wishing you and your family a terrific Christmas and a Happy New Year!!
How lovely, yummy. Happy Christmas to you and yours. Loving your banner, just beautiful. Love Suzie
Yahooooo can’t wait to see those crazy gingerbreads – it’s a high light for me. I’m squeezing in a bit of baking today and then I’m done. Sometimes fewer is better – that’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
Happy Holidays Ms. Anna – looking forward to Salt Lake City :)
Hugs- Mrs. Farmhouse
Yay, yay, gingerbread house competition – I have been looking forward to seeing this again!
Merry Christmas Anna! I can’t wait to see what the teams come up with this year!
Merry Christmas Anna!!!
I LOVE your gingerbread house competition – take oodles of photos, won’t you?
Merriest of Christmases to you as well!
Even I’m getting excited, I’m cheering for team three of course who need a turn at winning. It’s getting seriouser each year.
Those cookies look soooo good. I love sugar cookies the best and hate to make them.
I thought of you on the cruise we were on. They had a Gingerbread House competition the whole week. I took pics and will have to post them soon.
Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Go team 3!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cookies for breakfast!! Only at Christmas!
Merry Christmas to you and all your family, Anna!!! :)
Christmas just wouldn’t be Christmas without your gingerbread house competition, I have loved looking at the photos over the years. Wishing you and your family a wonderfully happy Christmas
Kimxxx
You’re my kind of girl Anna…Christmas cookies for breakfast! Merry Christmas to you and your family!
joy, peace, health, happiness, laughter, love & yes anna…a little magic is so wonderful!
merry christmas & enjoy your family!
LOL, can’t wait to see the pictures of the Gingerbread houses, I thought about you all day. Hubby, and 2 Grandsons and I baked and decorated our sugar cookies all day while watching Christmas Movies. Hope you have a very Merry Christmas Love Ya. xoxo
Have a wonderful Christmas and a great New Year! I hope you will show the results of the gingerbread house competition.
Your header is tooo cute!
I can’t wait to see this years gingerbread houses! Have a fabulous Christmas filled with Joy!
Merry Christmas to you Anna and your wonderful family. I’m really looking forward to seeing the results of the Gingerbread House Competition. Have fun tonight!!!
Merry Christmas, sweet Anna. I hope that your day is perfectly wonderful. Oh, and that you have not found yoruself at the mercy of some creature with gangly arms and a huge head. You might want to close the curtains so that the tree cannot send any covert messages.
Can’t wait to see the gingerbread houses!
You’re funny. What a competition! Love the idea of Christmas cookies for breakfast. Now is not the time to worry about good/bad food. In a week…that’s different.
Anna: Did you guys have all the snow we have been hearing about? Dreadful!
Oh I hope you had a wonderful time – I can hardly wait to see the gingerbread creations. Very very belated merriest wishes to you Anna. We’ve had some flu here and it’s still lingering a bit but we have had a lovely time with the little ones x
your caramel looks perfect.
nice job on not burning it.
did you just eat it all yourself? or did you share any? i have a hard time sharing caramel.
. o O which friends are caramel worthy?
i tell you, the list gets shorter every year!
i swear, i have a little “people who still get caramel” list in my wallet. then, one day.. they’ll do something horrific, like use margarine instead of butter in cookies, or cook something with SHORTENING in it.. then i can just cross them off the list!
(notice, you didn’t get any this year?? and had to make your own??)
can’t wait to see the gingerbread houses.
:waves madly
..oh, and thanks for not ending up on mars.
i would miss you terribly!
Anna – such a fun time was had by all. We love playing games with the family all together. Playing is part of loving in our house.
Hugs – Marie
Merry Christmas gorgeous Anna…..hope you had lots of fun and the gingerbread houses were a treat! Thanks for the parcel – fabulous!!!! Will talk soon. xx
Cookies for breakfast.
I read the wold post. Twice.
And all I got from it was cookies for breakfast.
That’s it.
I’m going downstairs for breakfast.
And there had better be some cookies down there or things are gonna get ugly around here.