Did you know that today is National Chocolate Chip Cookie
Day?
Really!
This… I can get into!
Last month we had our own chocolate chip cookie day. I’m going to let Himself tell about it…
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Well,
we have 'met the neighbors' -- and there isn't just one 'pretty &
pink'........but three.
When
we moved here in 2008, neighbor C (age 22 at the time) had stuffed a box of
cake-mix into our mailbox. That was her
way of saying 'welcome'. Well, we
decided to go a step further -- make some chocolate-chip cookies and
hand-deliver them to our new neighbors - the ones with the pink bicycle. We did.
As
we drove the 100 meters up the hill to their driveway with still-warm cookies
we saw a young blond woman walking toward us as she was walking down the hill
toward the river. Seems this is a 16
year old sister of the wife that lives there.
Pausing in our short drive I asked this young woman, "Do you stay
there?" She smiled and affirmed
that she did and smiled even bigger when I mentioned that we had
‘welcome-cookies’ to drop off.
Entering
the driveway a young wife (age 24) poked her head 'from around back' where she
was working behind the house. Two little
girls were in the yard and Mom came around with yet another. Seems they have a smiling 5, 3, & almost
2 year old who 'run the place'! After
introductions, smiles got bigger when chocolate-chip cookies were
mentioned! Mom? Named M.
Kids? G, B, and Z. (Oh, we were also greeted by a smiling dapple
long-haired Dachshund named 'Bubbles'...)
After
a little chat hubby K (who works as a traffic controller) returned from his
army unit at Ft. Campbell. Chatted with
him too. He mentioned wanting to do some
shooting down at the creek. Told him
personal shooting in this area is common and that everyone did it – just be
careful!
It
was funny. Young M had two comments --
the weather, and 'those boys'. Seems
the girls had met 8 year old D & 4 year old C who are nothing but energy
and ‘boy’ (little do they know), and, it seems today's temps of 75 was already
getting to young M who asked, "Does it get a lot hotter here?!"
Little
does she know...
About
to put chocolate-chip cookies into the oven.
Hot
out of the oven. Made small due to
three little
kids who only need so much sugar at a time. Made
36 of them for the new family.
Question
– how many of you remember ‘being brought something’ from the neighbors when
you moved into a new neighborhood? Have
you ever done the same?
Anyone
care to answer?
~Himself~
This is the second time I've read about chocolate chip day (the first didn't mention cookies). Seems like I'm being told something :-)
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