The Kassel Family Project Life 365

These are my new favorite Christmas cookie. I do not typically eat baked items, but I am pretty sure I could eat every last one of these and more. I literally had Kolaczkis for breakfast…

I love to bake even though I rarely eat anything I bake. Yes, I am aware that is weird, but it is how I am. I am in my element at Thanksgiving because pies are my thing. Christmastime is a different story. I despise baking cookies. So, Andy answers the baking call this time of year and he serves as the Kassel Family Cookie Chef.

We now have Grandma Vi’s Butter Cookies, Gingerbread Cookies, and Zimmerschied (Brown Sugar Cookies).

Kolaczkis are also on the menu. I think I will keep the Cookie Chef around for a while longer.

Andy finished making the three different types of cookie dough, and it is chilling in the refrigerator. I suspect the house will smell amazing tomorrow!

Our Christmas cards have been stuffed, labelled, and stamped.

It is time to mail!

Every year, St. Andrew’s Lutheran does a progressive dinner for 6th to 12th grades. Typically, the kids go to three different homes for the three dinner courses, but this year looked a little different. We picked up their dinner early, and they ate it while hanging out on Zoom. It was not the same, but the kids still enjoyed it. Sometimes, you have to get creative and improvise.

We will not be visiting Santa Claus this year for the photo that I usually use for the Shutterfly calendars for the grandparents, because Santa is behind plexiglass. So, we took a photo in front of our Christmas tree. I think this will work.

Our Christmas cards have arrived! It is time to print labels and stuff and stamp envelopes!