Free Food and Cookie Extravaganza

There were so many places offering free meals to Veterans yesterday that we had to take advantage of it.  We, along with my sister, Laila,  and her hubby, Brian, went to dinner at Red Robin.  Both the guys got a free meal and Laila picked up the rest of the check.  Such a deal!  Then we treated at Dickie Joe’s for dessert.  It is a “fill your own cup” frozen yogurt place with several flavors of soft serve yogurt and LOTS of toppings.  I forgot to take any pictures of either event but it was a great evening.  Before we went I checked Red Robin’s FB page to see what their offer was.  While there were many positive comments about their free Veteran’s Day meal, I was somewhat appalled to a few people complaining about what was being given for free.  SHEESH!  They didn’t have to give anything and we were just grateful for the offer…and it was delicious.  Thank you Red Robin.

Earlier in the day, I had a couple of the local grand girls over for a cookie baking session.  This is always a fun and creative time and we all had a blast. 

We had plenty of cookie cutters and decorations to choose from.  This is Cailin (age 13) in black t-shirt, and Emmie (age 11):



They take their cookie decorating seriously:



Here’s Emmie with her fancy turkey:
 

I even got into the act, but I kept mine simple with only autumn leaves and acorns.  We’ll do Christmas cookies a little later.


I have a TON of cookie cutters but Cailin chose only one…she wanted to make camels.  I think you’ll enjoy her quirky sense of humor as she tells about her cookies in this short video.  You have to see it to the end to get the punch line:



And that was our day.  Hope yours was as fun as ours.