Cookie Baking Night 05/23/2022

 Tonight was Cookie Baking Night. In attendance this evening: Carissa, Allison, Rylar, Enzo, and Abigail. Tonight, we made sugar cookies and strawberry mousse. 

Enzo and Rylar cut rolled out the dough and cut them out with a cookie cutter. 

Carissa spread melted butter on the dough and Allison and Abigail sprinkled them with sugar. 

To make the strawberry mousse, we cut up strawberries and added them to whipped cream. 

Then we spooned the mousse into plastic cups and topped them with a fresh strawberry. 

We ended the evening by rolling down the hill in the backyard. 

This is what we call the teenager version of "rolling down the hill". 

Another Cookie Baking Night has come and gone and, as usual, a fun time was had by all (even the teenagers). 

Cookie Baking Night 05/09/22

 Tonight was Cookie Baking Night. In attendance this evening:  Carissa, Allison, Rylar, Enzo, and Abigail. 

While I was finishing up supper, Allison buttered some bread to go with the meal. 

For our "cookie" tonight, we made Peanut Butter Pretzel Bars. 

As I understand it, the "best part" was using a rolling pin to crush the pretzels in a ziplock bag. 

After that we, mixed it with some butter, peanut butter, and powdered sugar then covered them with melted choc chips and butterscotch chips. 

They were quite tasty. 

At the end of the evening, we went for a walk. It was a beautiful evening. 

Abigail loves to run, and she does a pretty good job keeping up with her brothers. 

Another Cookie Baking Night has come and gone. As usual, a fun time was had by all. 

Cookie Baking Night 04/25/22

 Tonight was Cookie Baking Night. In attendance this evening: Carissa, Allison, Rylar, Enzo, and Abigail.

My window between arriving home from work and the time Cookie Baking Night starts is usually about 30 minutes. Tonight it was 5 minutes. The kids played a game of Zingo while I made supper.

Tonight, we made fruit parfaits with vanilla pudding, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, and bananas.

Another Cookie Baking Night has come and gone. A fun time was had by several. 

Cookie Baking Night (04/11/2022)

 Tonight was Cookie Baking Night. In attendance this evening: Allison, Rylar, Enzo, and Abigail. Carissa had school play practice tonight, so she came for the last half of the evening. 

Abigail came equipped with her own oven mitts tonight. 

While we waited for Carissa to arrive, we took a walk around the block. We went a different direction than we've ever gone before. The kids found that intriguing. 

And it's always fun for us when Uncle Greg can join us. 

For our cookie tonight, we made Oatmeal Scotchies.  

As usual, a fun time was had by all. 

Cookie Baking Night (03/28/2022)

Tonight was Cookie Baking Night. In attendance this evening: Carissa, Allison, Rylar, Enzo, and Abigail. Tonight, we made our traditional spring treats, bird nests. 

We use chow mein noodles, butterscotch chips, choc chips, and peanut butter to make the "nests"

And we decorate them with candy eggs. 

Yeah, I'm not sure either. 

During Bible time, we've been working through the book "The Jesus Storybook". I purchased coloring books that go with the book, so the kids color and I read the stories/lessons. It's been working out pretty well. 

Another Cookie Baking Night has come and gone and, as usual, a fun time was had by all. 

 

Cookie Baking Night 02/28/2022

 Tonight was Cookie Baking Night (and Grandma Dee's birthday--Happy Birthday, Grandma Dee). 

In attendance this evening: Allison. Rylar, Enzo, and Abigail. 

We cut out flower-shaped sugar cookies 

and decorated them with colored sugar

Before baking 

After baking 

We had a Bible lesson from the Jesus Storybook Bible

And we had some fun with our sticker books. 

As usual, a fun time was had by all. 

Cookie Baking Night (02/14/2022)

 It's been  a month since our last Cookie Baking Night. We had to take a little COVID break, which is something that has visited most households within these past two years of a global pandemic. All are well now and ready to celebrate.

Since we didn't have a Christmas party this year, and that is usually the Christmas gift for our nieces and nephews, we decided to celebrate with a Valentine's party and what better day to do that than on Valentine's Day. 

Tonight was Cookie Baking Night and in attendance this evening: Carissa, Allison, Rylar, Enzo, and Abigail. 

And what do you do at a Valentine's Party? You hand out Valentine's of course. 

Do a Bible lesson (okay, that might not be at all Valentine's Day parties, but it is part of this one). 

Decorate heart-shaped cookies

And make some Valentine's cards. 

We also played the dice game for small prizes, but we were too busy to take pictures of that. 

Another Cookie Baking Night AND Valentine's Day has come and gone and, as usual, a fun time was had by all.