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 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 baking, cookies, humor, tagged Bainbridge Island, Bainbridge Island author, Bainbridge Performing Arts, baking cookies, chocolate chip cookies, cookie, cookies, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Helpline House, humor, local author, mom advice, mom words of wisdom, novel, Rebecca Wells, Seattle, The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder on July 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Next Tuesday, the well known author Rebecca Wells (Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood) is entertaining her Bainbridge Island fans by doing a reading of her new novel, The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder, in our local Bainbridge Performing Arts center. My Kids’ Cookies is very excited to be providing cookies for this sure [...]
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Posted in baking, cookies, tagged art, Bainbridge Island, Bainbridge Island television, baking, BITV, chocolate chip cookies, event planning, family, fun, helping others, Helpline House, mom advice, mom words of wisdom, Parenting, Seattle, soup kitchen, volunteer on May 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last Friday, a group of 10 women baked close to 300 corn muffins for the Soup Kitchen which was offered in downtown Winslow the following evening. Within minutes, the assembly line was organized and on a roll as everyone picked a task then got to work. With the local television station, BITV, recording our evening, [...]
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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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Even on Bainbridge Island, a community known for its affulence, there are lots of people struggling to feed their families. A friend has stepped up to meet this need in a creative and inclusive way. She’s hosting a Soup Kitchen event on Saturday, May 23rd. Check out her blog for details. [...]
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