I love cookies. It's true. I like shopping for the ingredients, making, and baking them. The best part of course is eating them whether it's pre or post baking. There is a batch of Easter M&M cookies in the oven right now. So its 8:43...seems like cookie time to me. Avery concurs; she's up "late" because she has tomorrow and Tuesday off school.

Today we went to the Shoreview Community Center indoor playground with Stef and the girls. They enjoyed themselves thoroughly and after a huge lunch at Applebees were thoroughly exhausted. We stopped back by the apartment and picked up Riley and then went to their house to play some more. Riley and Scooter (their daschund) got along quite well and they both snoozed on the couch with me while the girls played. We came back home at dinner and watched Barbie a Perfect Christmas. I had to take back my Redbox movies from last night with Lorna (Abduction and Hangover 2) so we went to Festival and then next door to Target for Avery to finish off her birthday money. She got another Bizu bracelet/pet kit, Meadow the lite sprite (half off!) and a Fancy Nancy bead kit (also half off). She has about $3 left on her gift card and then $20 cash. I ended up paying for some but she's all squared away on birthday money now.

She's currently playing with her bag of string from Grandma Robin's. She calls all the scraps her "knick knacks" and it is a huge offense to throw them away. The piles of knots she made are various animals. It's amazing how much time has gone into tying knots and playing with this string.