Posted in baking, gifts, tagged Bainbridge Island, baking, charity, cookie gifts, family, fun, gift, gift ideas, good deeds, happiness, helping others, how to raise great kids, humor, joy, mom advice, mom words of wisdom, Parenting, patience. new year, resolution, resolutions, smiles on January 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Ingredients for a sweet new year:
smiles (3+ a day)
patience (unlimited)
joy (several cups generously filled)
pinch of humor
good deeds, evenly distributed
practice
Directions: Mix the first four ingredients together. Voilà! You’ve made your own day – enjoy!
Variations of the basic recipe: Add ingredient #5 and you’ll spread the sweetness.
Volume: With a liberal amount of #6 included, you’ll enjoy your days [...]
Posted in Parenting, baking, cookies, gifts, humor, kids, tagged Bainbridge Island, baking, baking cookies, business gifts, chocolate chip cookies, Christmas, Christmas gifts, cookie, cookie gifts, cookies, desserts, family, fun, gift, gift ideas, holiday gifts, holidays, humor, mom advice, mom words of wisdom, retail, retail shop, Seattle, shopping on December 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This minor (not so minor in my life) holiday celebrates the glory of the cookie. Get at least one cookie consumption on your schedule and partake of this celebration of the cookie. Imagine life without them. Not very yummy.
Your Taste Buds Schedule
8:00 AM
Breakfast – The oatmeal raisin cookie has fruit and grain. The healthy [...]
Posted in Parenting, baking, cookies, gifts, kids, tagged Bainbridge Island, baking cookies, canned food, charity, cookie gifts, family, food collection, food drive, gift, helping others, Helpline House, holiday gifts, holidays, how to raise great kids, mom advice, mom words of wisdom, Seattle, soup kitchen, thanksgiving on November 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Every community has a social services agency. Here on Bainbridge Island, we have Helpline House which provides for those in need all year long. This time of year, they’re collecting food items for ‘Project Wishbone’ to ensure that everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday.
My Kids’ Cookies is doing what we can to help. Bring in [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Parenting, baking, kids, tagged Bainbridge Island, baking, chocolate, chocolate chip cookies, cookie, dog, dogs, family, helping others, kids, mom advice, mom words of wisdom, Parenting, pet, pet poison, pets, poison, poison control, Seattle on October 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
If you have a dog in your life, then this list is important to you and your canine companion. Thanks to Real Simple magazine for compiling the info.
Things you should NOT give to your dog:
chocolate – it stimulates the heart and nervous system
grapes or raisins – damages the kidneys
garlic or onions – damages red blood [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Posted in baking, cookies, cupcakes, humor, tagged adventure, amy Adams, Bainbridge Island, baking, baking cookies, career path, chocolate chip cookies, cookie, cookies, cooking school, going after what you want, Julia Child, Julie & Julia, Le Cordon Bleu, leap of faith, Meryl Streep, mom advice, mom words of wisdom, Nora Ephron on July 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Never. With the new movie Julie & Julia coming to theaters next month, and being a big fan of Meryl Streep, I wanted to learn more about Julia Child. What I discovered was that she started cooking school at age 37, having had several interesting jobs before embarking on a new adventure. And look how [...]
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 [...]
