My cookie helper:

There is a little bit of a story behind this one. John found some cute animal cookie cutters in an outlet store while shopping one day in early Dec. They caught his eye because everything on the box was written in German. So, he bought them thinking they would be a fun stocking stuffer or small gift for nieces/nephews. Well, they were set aside and forgotten about until David found them this week. He asked about them. John told him to close his eyes and put out his hands. He put the cookie cutters in David's hands and said, "Merry Christmas, David. We forgot to give you this present." He was very excited and immediately wanted to bake some cut-out sugar cookies. So tonight we made them. He was a great helper and it was fun!