Then I run to the living room to eat, read, and rest.
On one of these quiet evenings last October, I lazed on the couch to drowsily scroll Facebook. After an hour, I felt an epiphany coming--
My. Children. Are. ALL. SLEEPING!!!
It hadn't hit me quite this way before. My kids are all sleeping, which means that nighttime isn't just for rest. This is my time to DO STUFF.
I was also 20 weeks pregnant at this point, so I knew that my quiet nights would end in just 20 more weeks.
What was I doing, wasting time on Facebook?!
THIS WAS MY CHANCE!!
I decided, then and there, that it was time to make good on an old goal.
See, a year ago, I had taken a class to learn the basics of sugar cookie decorating. Sugar cookies are popular right now, and giving away sugar cookies is a lot easier than giving away entire cakes.
On top of that, you can mail cookies. My family lives in Alaska while we live in Connecticut. It would be nice to be able to send cookies for birthdays.
On that October night, I challenged myself to make a set of sugar cookies every week until the baby is born, in hopes of getting good enough to do local baby showers or weddings.
After two months of cookie-ing, I'm finally ready to show you the product of my 10:00 PM-2:30 AM cookie nights.
SET #1: Blue Butterflies!
SET #2: Froggy Faces!
SET # 3 - Dinosaurs!
More to come!
-Jenna
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