Thief?

Sophie will either grow up to be a businesswoman millionaire, or a thief. That girl is so funny when it comes to money. She is always the one that finds money on the ground. When we are waiting in line somewhere she will walk around looking for dropped coins. When she was real little (we found out later) that she would pocket the money we gave her in church for the offering. Well, now the craze continues. She is collecting coins and frequently will ask the dorm kids for their extra change. She told me the other day that she is going to try to trick the tooth fairy into leaving her money. She wrote a note that said, “My tooth fell out but I lost it. Please leave money.” ( Great-a thief and a liar). Yesterday we were in the kitchen together making Christmas cookies and one of the dorm boys came in and asked if he could have one. Sophie, without any hesitation replied, “You can have one if you pay me.” Always looking for a way to make a buck.

Well, our high schoolers just had their big Christmas Banquet last night. It is a big deal and they do a lot of it themselves. The boys ask the girls and then the day of the party they go around picking flowers and make their date a corsage. We have beautiful flowers here so they look great. The Student Council is in charge of picking the location, decorating, and planning and making some of the food. This is a very responsible group of kids and they do an amazing job with getting everything done well on their own. The kids looked so nice and had a great time.

This afternoon we all decorated Christmas cookies. That is one of my favorite things-Christmas lights on, holiday music playing, everyone together, yummy cookies…. I love seeing all of the creativity. I use the same recipe every year. I got it from my friend Mrs. Dolan-it is a no-fail recipe that is absolutely delicious. In case any of you are looking for a good recipe, I will include it.

Mrs. Dolan’s Sugar Cookies

2c butter

3c. sugar

4 eggs

4 tsp. cream of tartar

2 tsp. baking soda

½ tsp. salt

5 c. flour

Combine all ingredients and then chill dough for 1 hour. Roll out on floured surface. Cut with cookie cutters. Place on ungreased pan. Bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes.

Hope your day is as yummy as mine.

Love you all-

Rachel