Goodies for the Neighbors

I always like to get an early start on delivering the holiday goodies. I would rather people enjoy them now than get them the week before Christmas when they are already sweeted out. Plus, it is nice to be able to check it off my to do list early in the month.

I decided to put most of my effort this year into the packaging and go a little simpler on the actually treats. We decided it would be fun to dip fortune cookies. We split into teams. I would dip and Allie would add the sprinkles.
Nate and Kayla did the same on their side.

After almost all of our cookies were dipped and sprinkled, we let the girls try. Kayla was very careful, and she helped Allie dip just the right amount.

Aren't they cute?

We then got all cleaned up, had stories, prayer, and brushed our teeth. We put the girls to bed so us parents could make the peanut brittle. We made 6 recipes, small recipes. Did you know? If you use your microwave enough, the fan will turn on and just keep blowing and blowing until it cools itself down enough. We learned that. The oddest thing is when you open the microwave and the noise doesn't stop. It's really weird.

Saturday Kayla and I added tissue paper to all the boxes while Allie helped Daddy at Home Depot.

Then it was time to fill the boxes.

I thought this was so funny. Obviously Kayla knows she can't eat a cookie, but she loves posing for the camera. She thought this would make a great picture. It is crazy how her mind is constantly going. "Mom. Take a picture of this. Mom. Don't you think this would be a good picture. Mom, did you get the picture?"

We put the peanut brittle in little baggies so it wouldn't stick to the tissue paper. Kayla carefully counted out the right number of fortune cookies for each box.

Then I closed them and added tags and bows. These are the boxes from Orson Gygi's with the wire handles.

These are the Walmart boxes. They only had string handles so I tied the bows around the whole box instead of just the handle like in the picture above.

I don't know that the fortune cookies were as yummy as some of our treats from other years (For some reason, I didn't taste them), but we sure had fun making everything.