Cookie Baking Night 09/09/19

Tonight was Cookie Baking Night. In attendance this evening: Carissa, Allison, Rylar, and Enzo.
Tonight was Allison's Birthday choice (she turned 9 on August 20). For supper, she chose spaghetti (with no meat), french bread, strawberries, and blueberries (and chocolate milk). For her cookie, she chose "dirt cups".

First, we crush up some chocolate sandwich cookies.

Then, we scoop pudding into cups and layer it with the cookie crumbs.

And don' forget the gummy worms.

It was raining tonight, but we didn't want to miss what would probably be our last walk of the season to the local gas station for an ice cream treat. So, we got out the umbrellas and away we went. 

It stopped training on our way back. Hmm. I wonder whose carrying all those umbrellas?

In Cookie Baking Night News:

Clara (Katrina's Mom) went home to be with the Lord on August 23 (two weeks ago). She has lived here for the past 4 years. This was our first Cookie Baking Night without her. The kids were all very sweet and kind. I heard comments like "I miss Clara", "It's not the same without Clara", and "I'm glad we have her picture here because it feels like she's here with us in a way." This was a sad night for me, so their comments eased the pain a bit. They also had a lot of questions about Clara's last days on earth, and we answered them all to help them process it better. 

Clara loved Cookie Baking Nights. She loved them long before she moved in with us. She was the biggest blog fan and would comment on every post. When she moved in with us, she participated as much as she could on nights when she felt up to it. She loved just being near the kids. She also participated in a lot of the behind-the-scenes prep such as cutting out sugar cookies that we decorated later or unwrapping candy (a few days ahead of time) that we would use in one of our projects on Cookie Baking Night. 

She was (and is) loved and she will be missed.