Cookie Palooza!

Okay every year the Saturday after thanksgiving we head over to my Aunt's house with all of my cousins and all the grandkids to make about 10,000 cookies. You read that correctly. It is not 1000 cookies it is a ton more then that (okay 10,000 might be a bit much) but at least 3200 cookies. There was only 500 cut out cookies that we had to frost this year and that was down from last year! We absolutely love going there and being with family and Ava gets to play with all of her cousins. This was the first year that I think she actually got the purpose of the whole thing! COOKIES! My aunt works weeks and days before with prepping dough and baking some things ahead of time and then we start at about 8:00 am and we finished this year at about 7:00 pm. It has become such a family tradition for us with Ava and Matt (who is an only child and does not come from a large family) that it is what we like best about Thanksgiving weekend. Well the cookies we get to take home aren't bad either. Plus I get to put little tins together and share the wealth of cookies wit friends and neighbors (if Matt doesn't eat all the good ones first!). The lighting was a little harsh but you get the picture. (this is just a small sample).