Baking has become a Sunday afternoon tradition. The kids always look forward to “helping” since they usually get to lick the beaters or scrape the bowl clean.
A few months ago we were sitting around the kitchen table, eating our home-baked goodies and reading a chapter book when one of the kids named the experience “cookie and a bookie.” The phrase stuck and now having “cookie and a bookie” is something we look forward to every Sunday, usually after church and right before afternoon naps.
(One time my sister-in-law said, “I like to make frosted sugar cookies at Halloween because there are too many other good treats to make at Christmas-time.” Sounds good to me!)
Yum!! And what a cute phrase, hehehe. Caleb is enthralled with chapter books right now – we’ve been devouring my bookshelf, and lately I have been SO grateful that I never ditched my favorite classics from my youth, like the E. B. White trilogy, The Sign of the Beaver, James and the Giant Peach, etc. It’s fun to share something that I’ve loved and treasured for so many years with my kids. 🙂
Oh, yes, I think the same thing! Except most of mine are from my teaching days. Jared grumbled a bit about packing them around for so many years, but now we’re so glad we kept them!