For the love of cookies!
On Monday, I hosted my second Drop In & Decorate party. The idea is simple: decorate sugar cookies, then donate them to a local non-profit agency.
My sous-chefs helped me prep our sugar cookies. I had 5 other moms baking for me and in total we had 18 dozen cookies to decorate!
![Prepping cookies](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7198/6921210437_7380c21e9e.jpg)
The moms and kids were invited to drop in during the day and decorate for as long as they liked.
![A cookie party](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7038/6921214863_453c99f98e.jpg)
Molly enjoyed using a rainbow of colors on all her cookies.
![One color is not enough](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7066/6921237911_9128de4962.jpg)
Leah and I worked together to decorate.
![Teamwork](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7176/6775124806_70e648ccf0.jpg)
Adding sprinkles was a must. And even now that I have swept the floors three times, those sprinkles keep showing up!
![Looking out for little brother](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7208/6775134662_bb0f24dc39.jpg)
It was fun to watch and see what each of the kids created.
![Watching the artist](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7065/6775137106_15841b6231.jpg)
Even the moms got into the decorating spirit.
![Fun for moms too](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7053/6921235985_1e4de2b2c1.jpg)
Lots of giggles and laughter came from this table!
![A table of friends](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7182/6921253857_7612a10529.jpg)
The kids were allowed to eat one cookie after they finished decorating. Apparently, the full plate of sprinkles were part of the deal too.
![Sprinkles, yum!](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7180/6775127642_f610d939cf.jpg)
Here's a sample of the decorated cookies.
![A select few](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7186/6921256045_ebf32b0844.jpg)
In the end, thirty moms and kids decorated approximately 200 cookies to donate to Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center.
![200 cookies later](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7185/6775143556_2d62ca2669.jpg)
Thank you to all of my cookie volunteers for making our party such a huge success!
Wow! Beautiful cookies. The kids look like they had lots of fun.
Wow – such fun and a wonderful way to share love with cookies! I know the center truly appreciated your baking and decorating efforts! Go moms and kids!
Great job! What a good way to have both fun and help out others. Molly & Leah, all your friends did an excellent job with the decorating. The cookies look delicious. Grampa.