More Cookies!

 And peanut brittle too! 

Oh, I’m having such fun in the kitchen these days! We had our cookie party, and I had plenty of sugar cookies and gingerbread men left over. I made up a little “decorate it yourself” station, and put it all in my clubhouse so that the residents could have their own fun.

Yesterday I made peanut-coconut brittle—my first attempt—and I can say truthfully that it is yummy! Today, I’m baking snowball cookies and chocolate mint sandwich cookies. Mmmm! I’ll be packaging some of each to send to my sons, along with assorted stocking stuffers. It just makes me happy to do this, but I have to admit, I’m glad it’s just once a year!

It is such a joy for me to imagine them enjoying what I made for them. I infuse the dough with lots of love, and hope that they can feel it with each bite. I’ll even send some to the son who has distanced himself from me. I hope that distance diminishes over time, but for now, I can send him my love in an edible form.

This is just literally the sweetest time of the year. 

Today, I’m grateful for a kitchen to cook in, enough money to buy all the ingredients and to mail the finished products, and for the physical ability to get in there and get it done!