Posted in Parenting, baking, cookies, gifts, kids, tagged Bainbridge Island, baking, baking cookies, charity, chocolate chip cookies, cookie, cookie gifts, cookies, family, helping others, Helpline House, how to raise great kids, mom advice, mom words of wisdom, Parenting, Seattle, shopping on October 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My Kids’ Cookies promised 10% of cookie sales during October 2009 to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. While the amount of the check we wrote today wasn’t huge, it was something for the worthy cause of finding a cure to this terrible disease. Every penny helps when you’re donating to a cause that speaks to [...]
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Posted in Parenting, baking, cake, cookies, humor, kids, tagged art, Bainbridge Island, baking, book, charity, contest, cookie, cookies, family, fun, helping others, Helpline House, how to raise great kids, humor, kids, library, mom advice, Parenting, public library, Seattle on October 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This weekend, My Kids’ Cookies is participating in Bainbridge Island Public Library’s first annual Edible Book Festival.
We’re baking up our version of “If You Give A Mouse A My Kids’ Cookie“. We had loads of fun trying out this cake and a friend’s 3 little boys were my taste testers. Who got the ear, who [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bainbridge Island, baking, baking cookies, breast cancer, breast cancer research foundation, cancer, cancer research, charity, chocolate chip cookies, cookie, cookie gifts, cookies, family, helping others, how to raise great kids, kids, mom advice, mom words of wisdom, national breast cancer awareness month, Parenting, Seattle on September 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It’s a sad fact that we all seem to know someone affected by breast cancer, whether the person diagnosed, their families or friends. When that phone call comes and we hear the news, we probably all think of what we can do to help.
During the month of October, My [...]
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Posted in Parenting, baking, cookies, kids, tagged Bainbridge Island, baking cookies, charity, chocolate chip cookies, cookies, family, gift, helping others, Helpline House, how to raise great kids, kids, mom advice, mom words of wisdom, Parenting, Seattle, shopping on September 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You can feel the crispness in the air. You’ve probably already taken out a fall jacket to keep you warm. Help others stay warm too by donating a coat.
My Kids’ Cookies is collecting coats and jackets to be given to Helpline House on Bainbridge Island so those in need won’t be cold this [...]
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Posted in Parenting, baking, cookies, gifts, kids, tagged back-to-school, backpack, Bainbridge Island, baking, baking cookies, binders, charity, chocolate chip cookies, cookies, crayons, family, helping others, Helpline House, how to raise great kids, kids, markers, mom advice, mom words of wisdom, notebooks, paper, Parenting, pencils, retail, retail shop, rulers, school supplies, Seattle, shopping on August 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you have kids you know that buying school supplies can add up. X # of notebooks, Y # of pencils, Z # of markers. Add in graph paper, binders, notebook paper, scissors, rulers, crayons, calculators, the list goes on and on and on. And, suddenly, your wallet is a bit thinner.
To help those in [...]
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Posted in baking, cookies, tagged art, artist, bainbridge gallery, Bainbridge Island, baking, baking cookies, charity, chocolate chip cookies, helping others, Helpline House, landscapes, mom words of wisdom, oil painting, retail shop, Seattle, Victor Alexander Winery, wine, wine party on July 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’d love to be an artist. To be able to take a brush to canvas and create something is a gift, just not a gift I have. I have to suffice with hosting an art show and I’m thrilled to be doing just that.
My Kids’ Cookies Shop is holding our first art show featuring [...]
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Posted in Parenting, baking, cookies, kids, tagged Bainbridge Island, Bainbridge Schools Foundation, baking, baking cookies, budget cuts, charity, chocolate chip cookies, cookies, education, family, fun, helping others, how to raise great kids, kids, mom advice, mom words of wisdom, Parenting, teachers, Washington State budget cuts on June 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My Kids’ Cookies is happy to support the Bainbridge Schools Foundation at their “Save OUR Teachers Rally” to help the Bainbridge Island school district fund salaries of the 17 teachers that have had their positions eliminated due to state budget cuts.
My Kids’ Cookies is donating 25% of all proceeds from the event to the Foundation.
When: [...]
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Posted in Parenting, baking, kids, tagged Bainbridge Island, baking, charity, corn bread, desserts, event planning, family, fun, fund raiser, helping others, Helpline House, how to raise great kids, kids, mom advice, mom words of wisdom, Parenting, soup kitchen, volunteer, volunteering on May 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The sun is shining and it looks like Bainbridge Island and the Puget Sound area are going to be enjoying a spectacularly lovely Memorial Day weekend. I’m starting it off on a great note by hosting at my cookie shop a Corn Bread Baking Party for a dozen volunteers. Our busy busy hands, mixing bowls [...]
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Posted in Parenting, cookies, gifts, humor, kids, tagged Bainbridge Island, baking, baking cookies, Blue Heron Jewelry, charity, chocolate chip cookies, cookies, desserts, donations, event planning, fun, gift, gold, gold party, helping others, Helpline House, jewelry, mom advice, mom words of wisdom, Parenting, philantrophy, retail shop, Seattle, sell gold jewelry, Victor Alexandery Winery, wine, wine party on May 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last week I had a gold party at my cookie shop. About 2 dozen people showed up with their baggies of tangled gold chains, lonely earrings that didn’t have a partner, and out of style pieces. A local jeweler, Blue Heron Jewelry, set up their tools of the trade and weighed and valued everyone’s gold [...]
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Posted in Parenting, cookies, kids, tagged adoption, charity, cookies, giving, kids, Nepal, Save the Children, Target on September 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Several years ago, my children (now 14 and 13) wanted a sibling for Christmas. That wasn’t in the picture for our family but we were able to give them what they wanted. We adopted a girl through Save the Children. Shova, a (now) teenage girl living in Nepal, has been part of our family for some [...]
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