Week 22 - Thank the Mailman...Success!

Our mailman is pretty nice...

If the boys are outside, he will stop at the end of the driveway to hand the mail to the boys instead of quickly shoving the mail into the mailbox and driving on.

If I receive a package that won't fit in the mailbox, he will place it on the porch, in a spot that is noticeable but not too obvious.

And, the big one for me, he will pick up my outgoing packages, no matter how many, without me scheduling a carrier pick up. One day it may be just 3 small boxes, and another day it could be 22 boxes of all sizes piled high on our front porch.

I have even pulled up next to his little mail carrier truck and handed him a stack of boxes on my way to the post office and then was able to turn around and go back home.

Our mailman always has a smile for us. So when we made cookies on Wednesday, I decided we should share them with our mailman as a "thank you."

Chocolate chip and mini Reese's Pieces cookies

A little handwritten thank you note attached to the bag of cookies.

 I placed the cookies and note in the mailbox along with outgoing letters and packages and went on with our day. I had hoped to be able to watch when the mailman arrived, but it didn't work out with our schedule.

He got them, as the cookies were gone...hopefully he liked them!

Week 11...Success!

Friday we were going to give out our 1 dozen cookies to someone. On the way to school in the morning, we brainstormed about who we would give the cookies to. We discussed the police station, the fire house, the ambulance house, Ameren (electrical) workers, and our new neighbors.

After I picked the kids up from school, as we were driving, we had to go around some city workers taking care of a pothole in the road. Bingo! After dropping my niece off, we would run home to grab the cookies and then come back to give them to the city workers.

Well, 10 minutes later, the workers were finished and gone. So, now who would we give them to???

The ambulance house was just up the street, on the way home, so we stopped. When we walked in, it looked like every single EMT was there! I think they were going over a rescue technique or something, as they had a mannequin on the middle of the floor.

So we dropped off our cookies and left. : )

The remaining cookies at home only lasted another day or two - they were delicious, and I hope the EMTs enjoyed them as much as we did!

Week 11 - One Dozen Cookies

So I decided today that we would make cookies for someone...

I whipped up Betty Crocker's recipe for Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies and let the boys lick the beaters. Of course, I had to taste the dough, too, before I popped them in the oven.

The cookies turned out delicious! Soft, chewy, and chocolatey (I can't resist adding a little more chocolate than what a recipe calls for).

After they cooled, I wrapped up a dozen in some baggies, placed them in a brown lunch sack, added some simple white tissue, and tied a nice spring bow around the top.


Now who should we give the cookies to? 

Tomorrow we shall decide! Maybe the new neighbors across the street...or maybe drop them off at the ambulance house or the police station...maybe we'll see an Ameren crew working on some electrical lines...

Decisions, decisions! This will be random... : )

Week 4: Make Cookies

This week we are making cookies...and then delivering them to our neighbor. We have a neighbor a few houses down who are grandparents. We see their family there on occasion, but really not many people visit, that we notice. Mainly the husband goes out - he does errand runs all the time for his wife, and always with a smile and a wave.

They have a little dog, I think her name is Cupcake. When it is warm outside, and we take a walk around the neighborhood, the doggie usually comes to say "hi" to us. I think the wife may have cancer, or another disease, that keeps her home most of the time. The only times we see her are on Sundays, when our cars pass.

And then the other times we see our neighbors are when we have the once-a-year school fundraiser when the boys knock on doors, asking for support (a.k.a. money). So this should be a surprise this week when we deliver cookies instead! I think I may also add in two of the last "hot chocolate on a stick" that we had made at Christmas.

Today we made the cookies...tomorrow will be the delivery...

Challenge: Make some cookies or your favorite snack and take it to someone who you rarely see.