Here are the two halves of my personality: writing suspense and cooking. I'm baking cookies wearing the KGB tee shirt I got in Moscow a couple of years ago.My son, who’s a Foreign Service Officer on a Provincial Reconstruction Team in Afghanistan, asked for some sugar cookies. I haven’t baked cookies in a couple of years, but I wanted to send him some. As it turned out, I got a lot of great help from my grandkids and from their other grandmother, who is up visiting from Bristol, Tennessee. I got up early and made the dough. After lunch, we all cut out some cookies. Then I left the rest of the team with the cookie cutters and made a batch of dough for "rocks," which are spice cookies.
On the right, grandson Jesse is in the foreground, and Leo is in the background. We all ate a lot of cookies Saturday. Then my daughter (who had to work at her library most of the day) and I packed up the ones for my son. To avoid temptation, I sent the rest home with her and the kids. Now I’m wishing I had a few here. Of course, it’s better that they’re out of the house.
One more shot from the day–the best one of me.
Rebecca
4 comments:
Love the pictures, Ruth! I bet your son will be ecstatic to get the cookies that's obviously baked with a lot of love.
Linda
You look so domestic! Love the pictures and would like about 6 of the cookies. Good thing I don't bake often.
Please give our thanks to your son for his service to our great country!
Yum! Can I have some? I love baking cookies...just don't get the chance to do it much anymore!
KGB, cookies,kiddies, and kitties--what a mix!
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