Christmas cookies

Isaac got a package in the mail today from his paternal grandparents. Since we reluctantly decided not to fly to South Carolina at Christmas to visit, they sent Isaac's presents to us. (We're going to visit them in spring, instead, when conditions for traveling with a two-year-old are better.)

I briefly considered opening the cardboard box they had shipped the presents in, but instead I put the entire unopened package under the tree -- I figured that Isaac would simply open the presents if they were clad in mere wrapping paper, but a cardboard box sealed with shipping tape would be safe.

Isaac noticed the box right away. When he picked it up, I told him it was his Christmas presents from Grandma and Grandpa. He said, of course, "Open it!" I explained that we had to wait until Christmas. Five minutes later he brought the box into the kitchen, where I was battling the ants, and repeated, "Open it!"

So I did. And a good thing, too, because in addition to several wrapped packages for Isaac, there were homemade Christmas cookies! As it was snack time, we immediately ate some. They were terrific, as always -- sugar cookies with frosting and sprinkles -- and a wonderful reminder of the happy holidays we've spent with my in-laws in the past.

Isaac really liked them, too. "Yummy cookies. Thank you, Grandma, for the cookies," he said several times as he ate one. Later in the day he was still thinking about the cookies, because he said, "Grandma made the Christmas cookies. Grandpa helped."

"Yes, he might have helped her make the cookies," I said.

"Or maybe Grandpa golfed," Isaac said.

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That little conversation reminded me of a similar exchange Isaac and I had way back in March, but with apple pie and his maternal grandparents.

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When I searched my blog archives on the word cookie, I discovered that Isaac first spoke that word one year ago this month -- while we were eating Christmas cookies with his grandparents in South Carolina. So these are the same cookies that taught him to say "cookie"!