St. Nicholas Day

I have the coolest family friend, Donna LaPlante, who has a tradition in her family that I've always loved. Her four children all have saint's names (Katherine, Rebecca, Nicholas & Matthew). On each of their "Saint's Days" they got to stay at home with their mom and do something special.

St. Nicholas Day is December 6th, and since Nicholas is my maiden name, I have decided to adopt that day as our family's "Saint Day" when we can stay at home and do something special together. This year is our first attempt, and I would say it was a success!

On the eve before St. Nicholas Day, it's a tradition for children to put their shoes outside, so St. Nicholas could put a small gift in them, usually an orange and something else. Lola put her slippers out and found an orange and some holiday books when she woke up.

 We went to the store for supplies to make snack mix and gingerbread cookies. Lola helped mix the snack mix before we baked it, and later in the day, she decorated the cookies herself after I put icing on them. We packed up some snack mix and cookies and delivered them to friends and family.

Lola is officially a huge fan of frosting!