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Operation Cookie Takeover struck again! Here was my offering this time around. I sent a total of 2 dozen, and I totally stole most of the ideas off the internet. But it was for a good cause, right? Oh yeah, OCT finally got a website!  Because I refuse to Facebook that makes me happy! www.operationcookietakeover.sammiebssweets.com Pop on over and either submit a soldier or volunteer to make cookies for next time. :-) Hubby insisted on the 'Merica cookies. They suit our sense of humor. It was my first shot at piping bunting.  I imagine I could have found a tutorial online, but I didn't.  I'll just have to practice and get it right. Saw the dog tag cookies from last OCT, and had to make my own version. I really like these. Well, that's all for today. Enjoy!

We successfully completed our juice fast!  Well, me more than hubby.  He may have dropped out a day or so early.  But it was still a big accomplishment! And what better way to celebrate the end of a juice fast than with making giant birthday cake that you can't eat because you're trying to stay healthy!? My dad turned 65, so Grandma threw him a party!  I brought the cake.  And a lemon meringue pie.  The cake was served at the party.  The pie was not. Dad's favorite is chocolate cake, so I made a giant chocolate cake.  Only, because it's me, I had to do a little something extra.  So the bottom tier wasn't chocolate at all. It was a flag cake!  Sorry for the hacked up picture. The slices themselves were perfectly flaggy.  But I didn't get any pictures of those. Of course. For the flag cake I used this recipe from Sweetapolita . I actually make the cake recipe four times. Each recipe filled a 10-inch cake tin about perf...

So we've experienced a busy week.  The power was out for a few days...on the week we decided to play hookey from work...good times.  After the power came back on we took the kids to an amusement park, which was a hugely popular decision.  In the ensuing days we went to an historical farm, grilled out in the back yard, treated Daddy's sunburn, went to a parade, made popcorn and watched Goonies...it's been a fun-filled week. All that excitement meant that I was not anywhere near the computer for most of the week.  Which means I didn't post my 4th of July cookies.  So, without further ado, here they are! Please don't judge me for my picture quality.  I arranged them nicely and took some pictures, but they didn't turn out.  Lighting again. Some close-ups: Please note the America is not chubby. (Design above shamelessly lifted from LilaLoa  ) Disco Dust!!!! And that's all for now.  I sent most of these coo...

I made these in August 2010, but I thought I'd post them anyway.  The boy had some questions about the American flag, so we did a little study on Betsy Ross.  We researched her life and times, then talked about the Revolutionary War and George Washington.  The hubby looked up how to cut a 5-pointed star our of fabric with one snip; just like Betsy used to do.  It was not easy, but he did it! Then I made cookies.  And gave them to the boy's new teacher on the last day of summer vacation when we dropped his supplies off at the school.  Gotta love brownie points with educational value! Sugar cookies with glaze icing: I have a spool of thread cutter now.  I bought it because of these cookies. ^^^ Surfboard cutter...I chopped off the "tail".  This was before I learned about drawing on the cookie with an edible marker before piping, in order to maintain uniformity.  Live and learn. These were before I fully conquered...