It’s that time of the month again! The Life Story Series!

Ever see a photographer who starts out with a 365 day project, or even a 52 week project and never finishes? Yeah, me too. Well, I recently joined a group of a few other busy photographers who decided to commit to a 12 month project! If we fail this, we’ll be taking donations for a time management seminar. The best part is that it will be totally candid, lifestyle shots of each of our own families/lives. We don’t even have to dredge up random people or make our kids pose for us. We’re calling the series “The Story of ________” and we’ll each be filling in our own blanks. At the end of this post is a link to another photographer who participated and she’ll be linking to someone else. It’s a whole big circle of stories in pictures. Click through and enjoy!

This month, my story focuses on making cookies.

My kids, like most kids I’m sure, go nuts over making cookies. Well, not necessarily the making part (though they enjoy dumping flour into a bowl) — their true love lies in sprinkles, and making sure they coat every single surface available with said sprinkles.

I love to indulge this joy in January, when slice and bake cookies go on sale. All the leftover Christmas designs are marked down January first and the kids and I go nuts buying a ton of them and making them all week long. Some people have a ton of cookies around before Christmas, we have tons after. Slice and Bake is perfect for those grumpy days. All I have to do is pull some colored sugar out of the pantry and they immediately break into grins. And best yet, 10 minutes after they pile on the sprinkles, the cookies are ready to eat. Perfect for those little attention spans.

harford county family and child photographer jen snyder of lux amoris photograps a lifestyle portrait session of children baking cookies in bel air, md

With Daddy helping out, aka standing guard against too much sprinkle flinging, we set to work.

harford county family and child photographer jen snyder of lux amoris photograps a lifestyle portrait session of children baking cookies in bel air, md

The kids adapt their methods… instead of pouring the sprinkles on, they pile them in their palms to shake on. Whatever works!

harford county family and child photographer jen snyder of lux amoris photograps a lifestyle portrait session of children baking cookies in bel air, md

When that becomes too chaotic, Daddy brings out a little cup and pours all the extra cast offs from the sides of the baking pan for reuse. More fun!

harford county family and child photographer jen snyder of lux amoris photograps a lifestyle portrait session of children baking cookies in bel air, md

Bug’s “uh-oh” face when she realizes her hands are messy… and her solution to the problem.

harford county family and child photographer jen snyder of lux amoris photograps a lifestyle portrait session of children baking cookies in bel air, md

Moose-man finally decides shaking from the cup is the most effective method. And then the traditional crowd-the-oven to watch.

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