Huge Cookie Marathon Today!!
By Marie Coyle
@MarieCoyle (59107)
December 12, 2023 11:28pm CST
I was invited to my daughter and son in law's home, to do our annual ''cookie day'' today. This is becoming a tradition for us. They make many varieties of cookies to send to family members. Between the two of them, they have 5 children. They also fix packages of cookies for his parents, his 2 siblings, and my daughter's 3 siblings. Oh, and yes, ME TOO!
We had a blast. We made endless cutout cookies, decorated and iced, etc. Gingerbread men, butterscotch, tiny almond cookies, Mexican wedding cake cookies, plain chocolate chip, and I think there were 2 or three other varieties. We made cookies for about 10 hours!! Endless bowls and spoons, cookie sheets, cookie racks, cookie sheets, etc. to wash off and on all day as well as when we shut it down tonight. We had a delicious pizza that was to die for, and a salad, for dinner. But best of all, we had a hilarious time! We told stories, sang silly songs, laughed way too much, and basically acted like the three overgrown kids that we are, I suppose. This is one day we look forward to as much as Christmas, because we have so much fun.
They still have to bake 2 more batches of some type in the morning, but the dough is made. We just got too tired to think. But it was a great day, we had a lot of fun and we laughed a lot, which is the best part of all.
The only thing I forgot to do today was take some pictures of all the cookies, so please use your imagination! We hadn't had a fun day in a long time, it was so needed. 
pixabay stock photo since I forgot!
pixabay stock photo since I forgot!6 people like this
6 responses
@MarieCoyle (59107)
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13 Dec 23
I felt so dumb that I forgot.
Sometimes, I get so hungry for a simple, fun day. It was really nice to have one, thank you, Anna 
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@LadyDuck (502189)
• Italy
13 Dec 23
@MarieCoyle - I remember when my grandmother, my mother and I spend an afternoon making tortellini for the family. Happy memories.
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@MarieCoyle (59107)
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13 Dec 23
@LadyDuck
I completely understand. For me, these days are for the memories way more than the cookies.
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@LindaOHio (222285)
• United States
13 Dec 23
That sounds like so much fun. I miss making cookies. Have a great day.
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@LindaOHio (222285)
• United States
15 Dec 23
@MarieCoyle I'm so glad you had such a good day.
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@MarieCoyle (59107)
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15 Dec 23
@LindaOHio
It was much needed and appreciated. Thank you, Linda.
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@MarieCoyle (59107)
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15 Dec 23
It was such a good day, Linda. I was still super tired today, but it was more than worth it!
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@MarieCoyle (59107)
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15 Dec 23
The best part of the entire day is the memories we make, Amber. It was a great time!!
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@wolfgirl569 (135581)
• Marion, Ohio
13 Dec 23
That does sound like a great time
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@MarieCoyle (59107)
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15 Dec 23
I was wiped out tired, Eva. And the kids made me sit down a lot, too. Just a long day, but so fun!
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@moffittjc (128830)
• Gainesville, Florida
13 Dec 23
I’m so envious of you! That used to be a tradition in my home too, and something I looked forward to every year. But now that my kids are grown, we don’t do it anymore. I’m sure that once I have grandkids I will pick up the tradition once again.
I hope you had a blast baking all those cookies!
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@moffittjc (128830)
• Gainesville, Florida
16 Dec 23
@MarieCoyle The mess is the funnest part of doing it! When I look back on all our fun memories, it's often the mess we laugh about the most.
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@MarieCoyle (59107)
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15 Dec 23
We really enjoy it. There were some years we were too far apart to do that before the holidays, and we missed that time. It makes a huge mess, yes. But it's still worth it, the stories, the laughter, the memories we are making...don't wait too long!!
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@MarieCoyle (59107)
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16 Dec 23
@moffittjc
We tried hard to clean as we went, but oh, all of that flour and butter getting constantly mixed up, there were literally clouds of flour! But so much fun.
We all need to have more fun in our lives. Sometimes it's just important to me to do that.
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