I sometimes wonder if we have lost the art of anticipation with our fast paced, quick result, on demand lives.
I am happy that it lives on in my family.
One of our family traditions is when I make ghost cookies this time of year.
Only this time of year.
My family looks forward to their arrival.
It seems that each year they look forward to it even more eagerly.
So last month I announced that the one who helped me put up my Halloween decorations this year would get the first call when the cookies were done.
I should not have been surprised then when my grandson helped me
THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
Beginning in October my granddaughter started calling every day to see if I had baked them yet.
She worried her brother would get too many as he is a growing boy!
And just to be on the safe side her brother took to stopping by every few days.
My daughter is staying with me for a few weeks so she was not worried.
Her brother on the other hand began asking me to babysit his little girl more and more frequently and would use that as an excuse to call just to be sure I was available.
Yeah, I wasn't fooled.
As Halloween nears the visits and calls get more frequent.
To the point that I found someone camped out on my couch last night.
OK, I can take the hint.
Soooooo I stayed up till 2:00 a.m. baking ghost cookies like the ones I posted about here.
It was definitely worth it.
All the anticipation.
Makes them better than they really are.
Don't tell my family though, because they enjoyed every crumb.
Including the new little granddaughter who got her first ghost cookie.
And of course she had to have her own little ghost costume to wear for the occasion.
As this family grows one batch of cookies this popular is simply not going to be enough.
So I imagine I will be baking more in the next week or two!
I suspect this may well be what I am remembered for.
I am OK with that.
2 comments:
I love what you wrote and how you wrote it, Carol. Also love the photos. You have such a wonderful family and you will be remembered for more than your ghost cookies but that will be one thing you will be remembered for. You will have to get some of your family in the kitchen to learn how to make them so the tradition lives on in your growing family for years and years to come. I hope one day I can try one or will I be able to stop at just one.
LOL No, you cannot eat just one. We do all agree that they are addictive.
I wonder who it will be that is willing to bake cookies at 2:00 a.m. ?
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