Cookie Baking day

The women in my neighborhood invited me to a little cookie-exchange last week. We had to make an obscene amount of cookies (12 dozen!!!) to exchange. I responded with the cookies I'd bring, and didn't think that I'd pick THE MOST TIME CONSUMING cookies ever!!! I volunteered to do my iced sugar cookies because those are Mr. Housewife's favorite.

Forgot that the point of the exchange was to make cookies for other people. So I made 12 dozen cookies in front of my hungry husband, who was then told he couldn't have any. Hahaha. I'm a crappy wife. Thankfully I put out the SOS call to a few girlfriends who spent their Sunday cooking away with me.

Bo stalked Kelly all day hoping she'd drop a few sprinkles his way. She THANKFULLY doesn't mind my drooly obnoxious dog and even gave him a belly rub or two.

We seriously spent like 6 hours working on these damn cookies.

Then, the kicker was when I actually went to the party. Two of the neighborhood ladies said "You really didn't even need to ice them. Our kids would've loved to do that part!"

Thanks ladies. I'll slave away in my kitchen for you all; pasting frickin red-hots to iced santas just for you to remind me that your five year old could've done it.

Noted for next year; I'll bring the uniced versions to save myself 6 hours of my life and provide your child some entertainment (says the Grinch) :)