For the fifth day of Christmas/Winter we have: Christmas Cookies. 470 words Enjoy!
"Glad you could make it kid," Dave said as Ashley came in.
She smiled, "Of course. Like you could handle all the kids alone."
They walked into the kitchen where all the BAU kids were sitting with aprons on. Hope was next to Juliet who was in her high chair. Cindy and Luis were smiling widely. Matthew smiled up at them happily as they came in and put down his toy car. The older boys were standing next to Hope and also smiled widely at them.
"Anyone who wants to help bake cookies had better wash their hands." Dave said. All the kids scurried out, except Juliet who frowned.
"Unca Dave, I wanna help too," She said. "Is I too little?"
He frowned. "Maybe, but I have an idea." He lifted her up and helped her clean her hands. He took the dough out of the fridge. He'd made massive amounts the day before, since he was planning on sending all the kids home with some. He set her down with a small ball of dough, a plastic rolling pin, and a few small plastic cookie cutters he didn't plan to use. He covered the area in flour for her. "Alright kiddo, try to make some cookies with this and I'll make your special, separate from all the other kids. Okay?"
"Yeah," She smiled happily and took the ball of dough awkwardly in her hands.
Dave and Ashley helped the kids make batch after batch of cookies and set them out to cool. Finally they mixed the sugary icing and all sat around the big table he'd already coated in plastic to decorate them.
"Unca Dave, I finished!" Juliet yelled. He helped put her cookies into the oven. Ashley sat with her helping her decorate the cookies. When hers came out she decorated those too before it was time to leave. They separated the cookies into multiple containers and the kids all left with their parents, except Hope and Juliet who were the last ones.
"Unca Dave," Juliet said pulling his pants. "I want you to have this one." She held up one of her cookies. It was supposed to be an angel. It was a little misshapen, but he could still tell.
"I love it," He said hugging her as Ashley let in the girls' parents. He carried Juliet out to the car and kissed Hope's head. He waved as they drove off.
"You know you're really good with them," Ashley said draping an arm on his shoulder. "They're lucky to have you around."
"Thanks kid. I'm lucky to have them too." He said smiling. He was truly blessed to have such a huge family. After all his divorces he'd lost hope, but it turns out being married to his job had given him the best family of all.