This is what my dining room looks like right now… It usually doesn’t look much like a dining room as there is no table, just a bunch of shelving and a piano, but today I can’t walk by it and not smile to myself! These are all presents that were donated last night at the cookie exchange! What a wonderful blessing you all are to the kids here in Houston!
A BIG thank you to Samantha and her office for donating a bunch of toys! Crystal and her family for helping with food and toys + the email stating the need in the first place. Also, to all the readers who dropped by with cookies and a toy + LeLee my friend who sent money so I could go shopping for gifts. I can’t not mention my blogging friend Heather, Freebies4Mom, who made the best Rolo Cookies EVER! They were my breakfast. Thank you all so much!!
Tomorrow morning Crystal and her son, plus my kids and myself, are driving down to drop all the toys off. Then to the airport to pick up family and at some point I am hoping my house will magically clean itself!
At least our Elf “Chocolate Budy” behaved himself and only slightly got into the cookies on the table. He did help himself to a little glass of milk and a few cookies and candy. It was a challenge working around him to decorate the table as you can’t touch him or he looses his magical powers. My kids are super protective of him and have eyes like hawks so they notice the slightest movement 🙂
What a wonderful blessing it is to be able to give an extra gift this season to someone to make their Christmas a little brighter. It is a very scary feeling as a parent at Christmas time to wonder what you are going to have for your kids to open on Christmas morning. Even scarier as a child coming into CPS custody at Christmas wondering if Santa will be able to find you this year as you are not even with family. My heart breaks to think of kids having to worry about something like that, although I know that there are far too many that do.
Thank you again for all that you do!
Part comedian, part Dad, part athlete. He will boss around your children while they play ball.
Just as angelic as she looks, this girl could easily raise a Village by herself, and all the children would grow up to be President.
Self proclaimed, she would be a webkinz dog. Because, "they're cute, and puppies are too. And they're sweet and they always get along with other puppies."
This mini-Martha Stewart can handle ANY craft you send her way. She isn't all bows and rainbows, she's got karate kid moves!
Not "Pick-Me-Up" like caffeine, she wants you to pick her up! AND NOW!
Anything that can be destroyed WILL be destroyed!
Practically Perfect in Every Way for now! Nicknamed "The Panda" she is rolly polly and lives by the motto, "the little one, is KING!"
The resident Labradoodle, Miller got his name because Mom won and got to name the baby! Need something chewed up? He'll take care of it. Especially if it's expensive..
I had a GREAT time and came home with some delicious cookies they were so good my boys have had them for breakfast lunch and dinner lol 🙂 You have some AWESOME readers! Thank YOU (& Paul) for all you did to make last night such a big success
What a wonderful thing to do for the children!
Tell me more about the ROLO cookies…sounds really good and right up my alley. Do you have the recipe?
I will post it in the morning! I can do a post on them they are so good!
Tiffany, Thank you so much for opening your house up to your readers for the cookie exchange! I had a great time and met alot of nice people and was very excited to meet you in person as well! I have eaten way too many of my 4 dozen cookies I took home, and they are wonderful 🙂
I agree, Thank you for welcoming complete strangers into your home (which is GORGEOUS by the way). There are going to be dozens of happy kids this Christmas!
I liked the shelving system you have in your cookie exchange photo. where can i find something like that?
http://mylitter.com/shelf-reliance/rotating-can-storage-fall-sale-prices-100-off-harvest-72/