Dipping Party Wed May 16th, 2012

Rachel asked her mother to make her favorite Christmas cookies as her wedding favors.  So, Adele and Jill baked approximately 768 of the butter cookies.  On Wednesday, Adele called in all available  troops for a "dipping party". (Between the two small round cookies is a filling of  jam.  One corner of the cookie is dipped in melted chocolate and then in a mixture of white and purple nonpareils.)  By the time Bob and I got there, the assembly line was in full motion.  Most of the cookies had already been dipped and were being packaged.  Depending upon the size of the cookies, Adele packed 3-5 in a little plastic bag which I tied with a silver ribbon and put it in a silver box for Annie and Carol to wrap with a purple ribbon.  There needed to be 150 favors, and the ribbon ran out around number 98, so Michael and Bob were sent to the craft store for 2 more rolls.  By 3:30, the boxes were done and ready to go to the reception hall the next day.  As Cousin Carol would say, "Dip, dip, hurray!"

Michael gloating over his Super Bowl winnings from Bob - 3 gold plated dollar coins