Last Call!!!

This was just a little preview of my orders from last weekend.  Phew!  Busy but FUN!  :)  7 orders = 200 cookies!!  These were teacher presents, class snacks, and of course there were some firetrucks thrown in the mix (see last post).  

This is just a reminder - this is LAST CALL!  If you are in need of cookies for this week, today is the last chance to order.  All cookies ordered today will be ready to be picked up on Christmas Eve.  Think family get-togethers, cookies for Santa, or just cookies to munch on over the holiday! 

I will not be taking any orders for next week (the week between Christmas and New Years) so order now!  If you do need cookies during that time, place an order for this week - they freeze well!  

Happy 4th Birthday Evan!!

Evan is one of our neighbors and buddies with my boys too.  He celebrated his 4th birthday (which is actually today) last Saturday.  He had a super fun firetruck birthday party.  The kids got to run around and play and get a special tour of a Rescue Firetruck - a little different from the typical firetruck but neat to see the different things it had on it.  And I was totally impressed by all of the gluten free food that Jill served!  YUMMY!  And of course the party favor was some super yummy firetruck cookies.  Happy Birthday Evan!!!  Thanks for letting us celebrate your special day with you!  

Happy 5th Birthday Kendall and Jacob!!

Ok, so technically, they don't turn 5 until Friday but I'm so happy that I got to see these 2 super special kids on the day of their big parties!!  

Just a little info about this special family - Kendall and Jacob's mommy has been such a big part in keeping me sane through my children's childhood thus far.  She called me each and every week before my boys were born and the same after they were born - just to make sure I was ok and to tell me how great of a mommy I was.  I just can't thank her enough for how wonderful she has been to me!  

For Kendall and Jacob's birthday this year, she had a big challenge!  5 year old boys and girls just want totally different stuff!  So Jacob had a super fun magician birthday party and Kendall got to have a very "princessy" mani & pedi spa party.  My job was to create their birthday goodies.  We did cupcakes for Jacob and a cake for Kendall.  

I'm so glad they had such a special day!!  Happy 5th Birthday!!

And just in case you missed their birthday cake from last year, I'll post that too!  Last year, for their birthday, they got to take a trip to ride the Polar Express train.  

Don't Forget...

....the wonderful people around town that keep us safe and take care of us!  Not only the police officers, but the postal workers, the workers at the places around town that you frequent, and everyone in between.  

This year, instead of doing an advent calendar where you get to pick a piece of candy, or hand a small ornament on a tree, I chose to do an activity each day (I wish I could say I came up with this...but I stole this idea from a neighbor).  We've bought presents for a toy drive, driven around to look at Christmas lights, and made homemade hot chocolate - just to name a few.  This morning our card said to make a special treat for a local police dept to say "Merry Christmas and thank you for all you do."  Well lucky for us, daddy is a police officer and can help us deliver these in the morning!  Also, I know that at his office, they will know they came from us and will know it's ok to eat them :)  

Thank you police officers for all you do!

It's Beginning to Feel a Lot Like Christmas!

Christmas is absolutely my favorite holiday.  I can't get enough of Christmas music, the yummy smells of Christmas, and the food....I mean who can pass up the awesome baked goods at this time of year??  This weekend, I had the pleasure of making some Christmas cookies for a sweet lady at church.  She called and said she wanted some cookies to share with her grandkids.  I'm sure they will be excited when they see these 2 plates FULL of cookies!  Her request was Santa faces and Christmas trees - and here's how they turned out!

Snowflakes, Snowflakes, Everywhere...

I was sooo excited to have the chance to use my new snowflake cookie cutter - and what do you know, my mom asked if I could make some cookies and she left the design up to me.  She ordered these cookies to hand out to their favorite Starbucks employees at the local store (which my step dad frequents daily).  What a nice gift to give out - I mean everyone likes cookies - and much more cost efficient than buying gifts for each person!

Sweet Savannah's Birthday

I've done a couple of orders already for Corey but these were by far the cutest!  She sent me a link to the blog http://www.hwtm.com/index.cfm?page=albums/view_album&albumid=206&photoid=4996 so that I could recreate some cookies from it.  I thought this theme was just precious!!!  PERFECT for a winter birthday!  So I did penguin cookies as favors and I also made some peppermint cookies that Corey could put out at the party for her guests to enjoy.  And to top it off, the peppermint cookies had a little peppermint flavoring in the icing. YUM!!  :)  Here's how they came out -

And look at these super cute tags that Corey picked out to have added to the bagged cookies.  They were super cute - and a great way to say "Thanks" to your guests for coming to the party.  I'm sure the rest of the party decor was just as precious!!

Transformers

Wow...I definitely realized that my boys must live in a very "Thomas the Tank" kind of bubble.  I had NO CLUE what Transformers looked like until I started looking for pictures.  Once again, this is something I'm sure my children will get into some day.  At least I have practice now!  Kristine, I hope you had a fabulous party for your sweet little 5 year old!