It’s Cookie Day!

This is me (below, right) and my friend Whitney. We have been friends for approximately 18 years and four months. Approximately.

(Woah – how long? And how on earth did that happen? We were in diapers…that’s it. Mere infants.)

She can be a little silly, which is one thing I love about her.

Whitney just so happens to have one of the most awesome families I know. She has a lovely mom.

And two lovely sisters. One is a bit camera shy, so she stayed just off to my right when I had the camera out. But trust me – she’s just as lovely as the rest of them.

And guess what they did today – baked cookies! And guess who they invited – ME! (And my kids – who played with their kids, so it was a good time for all ages.) We made some of these.

And these.

And let’s not forget these.

And about half a dozen other varieties. I have enough cookies to last a month. Not that they’ll make it that long. Someone even got her fingers stuck in the cooling rack. I’m not naming any names, though.

I had the. best. time. It was one of those days when I wonder, why don’t we do things like this more often? In my opinion, something magical happens when you get a house full of women together (and I’m not even talking about the deliciousness going on in the mixing bowls).

Thanks for inviting me, girls. I had a really, truly wonderful time. For all the rest of you, get together with your girlfriends. You are probably overdue.