How fun it is to watch the old cookie assistant labor away on her own for a few hours in the kitchen making macaroons for mom on mom's day. Colored discs had to be squeezed out of a makeshift frosting sieve, baked in batches, hints of lavender and mint or apricot added to the jelly center, then assembled with care and perfection.
At one point, Abby ran out of eggs and had to recruit two other pairs of fresh biking legs (i.e. Julia and Carly) to ride down to Kwik Trip for an emergency run. "You can keep the change." If we got too close to the baking action, we were quickly asked to 'move along.' Music roared from the laptop. At the end of it all, there were cookies unveiled from under a sheet of aluminum foil then to be placed on a glass cake display, each flavor marked with a small handmade sign.
The neat array of colors was something that caught Abby's eye the week before and seemed to capture nicely the celebration of the day.
Thank you for this, Troy! You have been & continue to be, such a good parent.
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