It was way more fun making cookies with Mariah than by himself, since Janey often got bored and went and found something else to do until they were all cooled and ready to decorate. Then she would usually eat one plain and then have a ball dressing up the others. Dave always felt a little too motherly for his liking when he got stuck by himself kneading the dough and rolling it out. You'd think his sister would like to use the cookie cutters to cut the dough, but she usually said no and didn't show back up in the kitchen until she smelled the cookies coming out.
"Of course I did." Dave grinned, "I didn't know what you'd have here and I always need my candy cane cookie to decorate." He held up the cookie cutter in the shape of the candy cane. That had always been his favorite one.