Cookie Baking in Wisconsin

Every year Eva's (2nd) cousins Isabella and Emma celebrate both of their birthdays right around Thanksgiving.  This year we were lucky enough to be in town for their party since it was the weekend after Thanksgiving.  Isabella turned 9 and Emma turned 7- they are getting so big I can't even believe it... they were little toddlers when I first met them.

We started out the day at Jason's Grandma's house in Reedsburg, WI where we made dozens and dozens of cookies from scratch.  Even the frosting was homemade!  Eva had a great time, even if she didn't eat any cookies at the end.  Like her Daddy, she doesn't really like sweets, which I can't say I'm sorry about.

After the cookies were finished we moved on to presents.  Since we won't be going back to Wisconsin for Christmas this year, Eva was a spoiled girl and received gifts from Jason's cousin Angie and his 2 Aunts Sue & Patty early.  She got some pretty great stuff; a monkey pillow pet (all the rage), jewelery, books, a giant coloring book, clothes and- her favorite- a leapfrog laptop.  She has not put it down since we got home! 

Who is this 15 year old???

After Eva got all of her presents we stopped over at Jason's other Grandma's- it's pretty handy having both Grandmas live so close together :-)  I showed her how to find this blog so hopefully you're reading this Karen!

Then it was over to Aunt Sue's for the girl's birthday parties.  Sadly, my stupid cat allergies acted up in a major way and after bumming an inhaler off of a kid at the party (with her mom's permission, of course) we had to leave early.  The party was pretty rocking so I hope Emma & Isabella had a great time and got lots and lots of great gifts.

In the end, allergies aside, it was a great day and Eva had a blast.