Thankful for SHOPPING and COOKIES!

So, the day after Thanksgiving...well, Thanksgiving night I guess, Bryan, Jackie and I headed out to Fairview to begin our Christmas shopping! Black Friday started about 4 hours earlier this year as we were in line at 11:45 p.m. to get into our first stop, Toys R Us for their opening at midnight! We didn't get in until about 1:15 a.m., but the wait wasn't TOO bad! We managed to get everything on our list and definitely worked together as a team - two were shopping while one was holding our place in line! Crazy fun! We were able to get to Kohls, Target and Game Stop before heading home and pulling back into the driveway around 6:30 a.m.! It was honestly one of the best times that we three Enzwiler kids had together and I hope to make it a tradition for years to come! Here we are after our night out...we don't look to shabby!!!
Bryan and Jackie headed straight to bed, while I chose to stay up and make cookies with the kids!

Here is Alyssa adding flour!
And Nick with some much needed baking powder!
They all helped mixing, however, it was hard for me to hold the bowl and to snap the pics...on to Jack scooping out the perfect sized pumpkin cookies!
And Luke eating the batter while we are waiting to but the next dozen onto the cookie sheet!
Surprisingly ALL the kids loved the cookies...even though they were pumpkin! Here are cousins Alyssa and Luke enjoying the fruits (or cookies, in this case!) of their labor!
Once Jackie and Bryan woke up, I did end up catching some zzz's and when I woke up, Nana, Papa, Uncle Steve and Baby Henry were all over! We had a delicious dinner and then....MADE MORE COOKIES! Here are Nana and Alyssa rolling Uncle Bryan's favorite cookies - buckeyes!!!
What a great day (and night!) spent with my fabulous family!!!