Cookie Baking Night (08/23/2021)

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

Tonight was Allison's Birthday choice. 
She just turned 11 years old.  For supper, she chose spaghetti, French bread, and strawberries. For her "cookie" she chose Chocolate Covered Strawberries. 

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Papa-Larry (my dad) and Allison are working together to butter the bread and cut the strawberries. 

They were able to chose chocolate or white chocolate to dip the strawberries in. Allison is a chocolate lover, so it is was regular chocolate all the way for her. She and I are kindred spirits in this way. I have a word for white chocolate. I like to call it vanilla. 

The rest of the gang are not as chocolate-inclined as Allison and I, so they chose the white chocolate.

Not sure what was going on here. Looks more like a chocolate covered strawberry conglomeration

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After treat making, we walked to the local gas station for a treat and sat outside enjoying the beautiful summer evening. 

We tried a new game tonight called "Scrambled States of America". If you learn geography by playing it that might just happen by accident, but it was definitely a fun game. Allison really liked it. 

As usual a fun time was had by all. 

 

Cookie Baking Night 08/09/2021

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

Tonight was Enzo's birthday choice. He turns 8 years old in a few days. For his "cookie" he chose: Fruit Parfaits. I must say, to my recollection, that is first. Oh, I should clarify. That is fruit parfaits with bananas, blueberries, and strawberries. 

For our parfait base we used vanilla pudding, which the kids had a fun time making. 

Now, it's time to build those parfaits, which they all enjoyed doing. 

Afterward, we took a neighborhood walk to the local gas station for a treat.

We finished the evening with Enzo's (current) favorite game, Pictureka. I think part of the joy of this game for him is that he comes out as the winner most of the time. If you saw the way that we played it, you'd be surprised that anyone came out as a winner on a consistent basis. Our version is very random. 

Other Cookie Baking Night, another birthday choice (they do grow up fast) has come and gone and, as usual, a fun time was had by all. 

 

Cookie Baking Night (07/12/2021)

Tonight was Cookie Baking Night. In attendance this evening: Carissa, Allison, Rylar, and Enzo. Tonight we made Smores. In lieu of a campfire we used the over broiler with mini marshmallows and chocolate chips. 

After making our Smores, Uncle Greg joined us for a walk to the local gas station for a summertime treat and then played some yard games with us in the backyard. 

A beautiful summer evening and the last one we'll be spending with Uncle Greg for awhile as he'll be out of town, working, for the next few weeks. We're glad he was able to be with us tonight. 

As usual, a fun time was had by all. 

Cookie Baking Night 06/28/21

Tonight was Cookie Baking Night. In attendance this evening: Carrisa, Allison, Rylar, and Enzo. Tonight was Carissa's birthday choice. She turns 16 years old next week. For supper, she chose Macaroni & Cheese, Tator Tots, and strawberries & raspberries. For her cookie, she choose Oreo cookies dipped in white almond bark. 

Awww. So sweet I can hardly stand it. Completely voluntary.

For the first time in over a year (due to the COVID-19 pandemic), tonight we took a walk to the local gas station and each picked out a treat. 

As usual, and especially tonight, joy overflowed among the ranks and a fun time was had by all. 

Cookie Baking Night 06/14/21

 Tonight was Cookie Baking Night. In attendance this evening: Carissa, Allison, and Enzo (and Uncle Greg). 

In honor of Uncle Greg's birthday tomorrow, we made his favorite treat, butterscotch-mallow bars. We also made M&M-Chex bars (not in any way, shape, or form his favorite cookie, which did not escape his attention, but hey, I needed a filler no-bake cookie in a pinch). 

Since it was the eve of Uncle Greg's birthday, Enzo felt Uncle Greg should pick a game for us to play. he choose Zingo, always a good choice. 

It was a beautiful evening so we also went for a walk. 

Enzo's "old man" impression (his words). 

As usual, a fun time was had by all. 

Cookie Baking Night 05/24/21

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

Tonight we made peanut butter cookies with chocolate hearts in the middle. 

As you may notice by the lack of pictures this evening, we were way busier baking cookies, reading our Bible lesson from the "Jesus Storybook Bible", going for a walk, and playing games than we were taking pictures, but I can assure you, a fun time was had by all. 

Cookie Baking Night 05/10/21

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

Tonight they started out by helping me get supper ready for the table. Allison cut up some apple slices and Rylar and Enzo buttered bread. 

For our cookies we frosted flower-shaped sugar cookies. Aunt Katrina baked the cookies ahead of time, but we made the frosting together. Everyone got to choose their own color for the frosting. 

                                       

We ended the evening with the card game "Rock, Paper, Scissors" and playing with a few toys. 

As usual, a fun time was had by all.