Even though it is an entire month away, I am already getting really excited for a trip my parents and sister are planning to Chicago for the weekend before Thanksgiving.
When I was back home last weekend, my mom said, “You know what would be fun? If all of us girls got together at Grandma’s house and baked a bunch of cookies like we did that one year*!”
Of course, I had to be selfish and say, “Why don’t you all come out to Chicago? We can spend one day ‘window shopping’ downtown, and the next day baking the treats!”
My sister is going to be in Chicago for a one-day trip the Friday before Thanksgiving, so it works out perfectly for her to just stay here and ride home with my parents! Yay!
And Steven is really excited that they are visiting, because it means free slave labor he’ll have some help (my dad) working on his “project car” – a 1978 Datsun 280Z.
Now… we just need to figure out who we are going to give all these cookies to!
* In December 2001, when I was a senior in high school, my mother, grandmother, and a friend of mine decided to make tons of cookies for all of our friends, family, and teachers at school. We baked them all at my Grandmother’s (now she lives in a different town that my parents). I have always loved to bake! I am excited we are going to be doing this again!
All of the trays of cookies.
Small plates of cookies to hand out!
Me, looking like the goober I really am.
That sounds like so much fun!!
Take the cookies to work–that’s the quickest & easiest way to get rid of extra food. 😉
HOLY MOLY that’s a ton of baking and it looks SO good!!!! i would be excited too, that’s awesome!!! you are going to have so much fun!!!! um, give away cookies, maybe that’s where my problem comes in, lol!!!
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That sounds like fun. You girls should have fun.
My sister, mom and I should do that this year. It used to be a family tradition until we were not in the same town. It’s so much fun!
fantastic idea! i really nice way to kick start the holidays! i didn’t know you were suppose to give away the cookies, hehehe. have a great time!
Why you’re the pleasantest looking goober I’ve ever “met!” LOL. Seriously, you look sweet and you have a wonderful smile. Plus, you have LOTS of cookies. So I think I love you! 😉
My hubby’s mom still makes a bunch of cookies each year as part of a cookie swap. But I like your idea of doing it with close family members and friends. It is nice quality time and that’s what it’s all about!
diane – That is what I plan on doing with some of them. I feel guilty though. I don’t want to be the one bringing in “bad things.”
CourtneyInControl – Ha! My goal for that day will be to only try a little… of each cookie 😉
Courtney Ilax – Should we make you a big platter?
sizzle – You should! I am hoping we will watch holiday movies, or listen to holiday songs to get in the spirit while we bake 🙂
Gina (Mannyed) – I cannot imagine what I would do with them if I DIDN’T give them away! (Okay, okay… I can see myself eating a lot of them 😛 )
teeni – Hee, hee, thank you 🙂 I’ve heard of cookie swaps before, but never done one. I bet they are fun too 🙂
You SO do not look like a goober!
That sounds like so much fun! I have a few friends that I get together with in early December to bake with. Now that we all have kids and the kids are a little older and my oldest can entertain the youngest kids, it is very much fun. When the kids were little, it was sort of a hassle. We still did it, but it wasn’t nearly as much fun as it is now.
I’m sooooooooooo exciteddddddd!! 🙂
Cookie Day! My best friend and I have been doing cookie day for over 20 years! Her kids are old enough to help now. It is so much fun! And window shopping in downtown Chicago? Double bonus!
Have a great time.
tori – I bet you’re just as excited as I am! Or, should we just get through Halloween (and Thanksgiving for you!) first?
Christina – Me toooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!! 😀
Robin – Ooo, I am going to call it cookie day!
Wow. check you out. Kimmy Crocker. Sounds like you will have some fun making all those baked goods.
martymankins – Ha ha. I like the new name 😛
Oh my gosh, that will be so fun for you all! My family usually spends the day before Thanksgiving baking lots of pies and yummy food, but I’ve missed it the past few years- hope you guys have a blast!
Bethany – Thanks! I hope it becomes a family tradition for us as well!
My family used to have an annual “cookie day,” only the cookies weren’t edible! They were ornaments made from a dough of cinnamon, flour and white glue, rolled out and cut with cookie cutters. After they air-dry for several days (during which your house smells like heaven), you decorate them with puffy fabric paints. They look and smell just like Christmas cookies, but last for years. And every year, when you open your ornament boxes, that wonderful cinnamon fragrance wafts out! We used to give them out to friends and co-workers.
I miss making them. **sigh**
Goober? You are perfectly adorable! Get outta here!
SJ – That sounds so cool! So you just keep using them until they break? Maybe you should make some this year! It sounds like a lot of fun. (And … more healthy!)
javaqueen – Ha ha! Thank you! I always look back at my high school pictures and think I’m awkward. Maybe not 😉