I think Shar's tale is the most fun lead-in. It went something like this...
Shar: Carrie is coming by with a surprise for everyone.
Dan: Strippers?
Shar: No!
Dan: Booze?
Shar: NO, DAN! This is something [my family] likes!
Dan: Oh! A cookie cake!
Ha! I bust a gut laughing when I heard the progression (and saw the "shut ups!" and punches from Shar that followed when Dan cracked up, too).
Dan got it on the third try! Cookie cakes are something of a tradition in my branch of the family. A birthday staple. I find it fitting that while we all forgot the tradition my wife remembered and acted. She's one of us through and through. Good job, Love!
I think Bill was touched. I know he ate some before the wedding and then he and Jill had some more for breakfast the next morning!
HAHAHA that is awesome. I want some cookie cake. Not only are they delicious, but there are so many good memories associated! We had a friend over for pizza last night and funny family stories kept coming up - mind talk, mom trying to start the thankful jar tradition at thanksgiving, patrick being invisible when he closed his eyes, jama stories, playing that game matt taught us where you have to pass the paper and draw the phrase/write what the picture is... :) lol looking back at the stories, a lot of them involve patrick being picked on...we sure toughened him up. oh, or they involve picking on mom, that is fun too.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment, sis. Those are some great memories...hopefully for Patrick, too! Nana's just used to it. Remember the time you all "washed" the van? Ha ha ha!
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