Decorating Cookies for Thanksgiving

I was up early, just missed Nick, but got my fix of Morning Joe (without the Joe) and the web.  At 10:30, I went off and got an oil change, then came home and Evie and I walked the neighborhood for about 45 minutes.  Before the oil change, I dropped Evie off at CVS and I went to the local coffee shop, to answer my email and get caught up with reading.   I guess grandparents' night was great; Marlena took over, showed Evie just about everything, like it was her school.  Every there seems to love Marlena...what's there not to love, right.  It's nice to see her so confident, outgoing, enjoying school and the adults that are part of her life.  Quite a change from that shy little girl from a couple of years ago.

She's brought a friend home, Erika, after school, and they will be decorating cooking with Evie.Marlena had a friend over after school and they decorated cookies with Evie, something that has become a tradition.  Even Bobbie, Nicks friend came over to decorate as well.  The girls enjoy sprinkling lots of sugar on the cookies, and the star and snowflake were the most popular shapes.  i think we have pictures from years past of the cookies, but this year, we have yet to put them on a plate.  Evie usually makes the cookies in Chautauqua, so they are ready to be decorated when we get to the kids' homes.

Nick, Tom, and I went to the basketball game last night, watched Duke beat Marquette, and part of the K-State defeat of Gonzaga.  It was a nice night to go downtown, which was packed with fans, as were every available restaurant and bar.  It looks like a thriving area, all because of the spectacular Sprint Center.  Tom mentioned it was the busiest center in the country, being used most weeks, if not days.  We sat just one side of Duke fans, mostly alums dressed in blue, and among the K-State fans, dressed in their purple.  They seem just as passionate about their basketball as Kansas fans.  The people in front of us, a family, parents in their 50's, daughters in their 20's, were up and screaming, singing the fight song, die hard fans.  We had good seats, about 15 rows back,  behind the bench.  We got back about 10:00, so Nick did not get to bed till 10:30 though he was up and out of the house by 6:50.



We had lemon chicken for dinner, Tom's favorite, and watched basketball most of the night.