Hands down, one of the most anticipated parties of the year and the invite that we all watch and wait for... Grandma's Cookie Bake!
Leah and I got to go down a day early and have a sleep-over to help with all of the hustle and bustle of the preparations. She loves being at Grandma's house, where she is spoiled rotten, gets loads of attention, doesn't have to take naps and gets to stay up past her bed-time!
She also got to take her first organ lesson from Grandpa. I'm not sure he knows what he's in for now that she knows what that fun toy can do!
We also got to help Auntie Jo-Jo make caramel popcorn
... and play with cousins...
And that was all before the main event even started!!
My amazing mom made over 450 delicious-from scratch sugar cookies. Did you read that 450+!!
Unbelievable!
There's a whole new crop of littles that got very into it this year...
...though the goal for them looked to be "the more frosting and sprinkles, the better"...
And some of the not-so-littles anymore got just as into it and produced some pretty amazing results:
Leah pretty much LOVED everything about it and couldn't get enough of the cookies....
YUM!
Even CJ got into the decorating this year. Can you tell which plate is his and which is mine?
Hmmmm... just take a guess:
All in all... it was, per usual, a huge smashing success!!
I love being able to share such a special tradition and memory with Leah. I love that it was Grandma Leah who started this tradition. I love that it was one of my favorite parties growing up. And I love that my mom has kept the tradition alive for a whole new generation and beyond.
She is seriously amazing!!
2 comments:
It was so fun! I love our family so much!
What an awesome tradition! And I can't believe your mom baked that many cookies. Baking seven dozen in one day about did me in!
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