She thinks my tractor's......delicious

Can you image working in this tractor all day?

How cute are these John Deere themed cookies. The little birthday boy that these cookies are for is a tractor nut.....and he turned 2. What a fun age 2 is. I remember when both of the boys were 2. I was pregnant with Tucker when Trenton was 2 and let me tell you they are fast little boogers!

This is our third order for tractors so we finally ordered one off Amazon. I think we could make these into any John Deere, International or Kubota tractor. (hey ya'll I just showed my country side)

I think they are almost too cute to eat.....almost!

Until next time.....I'll just go preheat the oven!

Welcome to the Island of Sodor!

If you have any boys in your house, know little boys, talked to little boys or have ever been to Toys R Us....you have heard of Thomas the Tank Engine.

I remember when Trenton was small, he loved Thomas. We had the wooden tracks, the plastic tracks, wooden trains, plastic trains....we had them all.

I say had, but what I really mean is we still have them....in the attic somewhere. Somewhere in the great abyss that I call the attic, I am hoping that it is a Toy Story scenario going on and all of the toys and trains are going along their day just like Woody and Buzz....back to my cookie story.

We had the pleasure of doing a little guys birthday that wanted Percy cookies. His mom said Percy was his favorite, but liked them all. So....we gave him Percy, Thomas, Annie and Clarabell and a coal truck. You cannot have the Island of Sodor without a coal truck....hello that is the islands must do!

I think these turned out super cute. I think he really enjoyed them!

Well hey ya'll!!

Oh my goodness! I feel like a horrible blogger! It has been a whole week since I have been on here! Please forgive me, my faithful followers (haha).

We have still been whipping (whip it real good) out our cookies. It has kind of slowed down this week, but I am sure that is only because of the Labor Day weekend.

Since football season FINALLY started this past weekend, there will be lots of tailgating, eating and socializing. What goes better with a cold one than one of these precious cookies?

Of course, MTSU lost to Georgia Tech, but we cannot win every game....right? It had nothing to do with these cookies...right?

We also had a first anniversary cookie that we did for one of the ladies I work with. Her and her husband had a reception and wanted the cookies to look like the little chapel they were married in. They were married in Gatlinburg and I think they turned out pretty well. She said they were a big hit and did not even get one.

These look like something that would be on Sponge-bob's house, but I think they are super cute. We had an employee that retired after 18 years at the clinic where I work. The first set of cookies did not turn out so well, as they stuck together...they loved each other too much. These were a last minute replacement, but I think they are sweet, just like Ms. Kathy :)

Busy busy busy!

What a week this has been! Here on the Patch we have been busy making the Batch! This was out first week of full on cookies. We have made baseballs, softballs, Star Wars, Tutti Frutti and Panties....yes you read that right. Although it has been fun, I am glad to be caught up on all the cookies. Tomorrow we will be able to take a shower and not be covered in Royal Icing. Like Stella, I need to find my groove. (How Stella Got Her Groove Back) I thought this week I had it going on, but as I write this blog with purple fingernails and make back hurting....I was incorrect. Next week will be better. Here are a few cookies that we DID get done....

Baseballs for a Little Slugger baby shower. How cute are these scalloped baseballs??

Although Trenton thinks these look like Toothless off of How to train a Dragon.....these little flyers are precious!

Here is the starting of the magic. It kind of looks like someone walked across the counter....but this is the sweet man that I married helping his tired wife and her crazy idea. I love him and I do love all these Batches!

Total Eclipse of the Heart

This line has been overused today, but I could not help it. Who does not know this song by Heart? I mean, if you were born in the 1970's or before you should know this song. You had to have slow danced to it at a middle or high school dance, era 1983ish. Big hair, wings sprayed to look like like a gust of wind will pick you up and land you somewhere over the rainbow, don't stand too close to an open flame or your hair will catch on fire....anyone?

I took a longer lunch today and went home to watch the eclipse with the boys, who by the way, were not into it until it was almost over. At least they did show some type of enjoyment.

Here on the patch, it did not get real dark, more like dusk or sunset. It was a very odd feeling, the temperature dropped, it got very quiet and still.

It was an experience that was one to remember.

As we are watching this awesome event, these are the pictures that I get from my parents. They actually made me laugh until I wet myself! This one of my dad:

He looks like some type of H.G. Wells character.....and my favorite:

My Granny and what I am calling the original Iron Man Suit.

Again....a memory to remember!

I hope everyone that was in the path of the eclipse got to enjoy it. If any of you northerners would like to purchase my eclipse glasses, I have them real cheap for you!

Tootles~
AG

Baking is a dirty duty...

When you go into a bakery, you see all of the pretty cakes, cookies, pies and sweetness. What you do not see is the stacks of dishes on the sink, the flour on the floor, hair and ALL OVER your counter top. See the proof below:

Yes, that is a skeleton oven met, you can never start Halloween to early!

It is like  flour skating rink in the kitchen. You know on Fantasia when the hippos and crocodiles are dancing and they are trying to hold up the hippos, that is what I felt like....my legs were not going to held me up. But they did without any type of leg splits.

I baked 19 dozen cookies this weekend. I still need 3 dozen, which I will do tomorrow.

Speaking of tomorrow, unless you are living under a rock, you know that the eclipse is coming right over Patch of Heaven. The boys are out of school for it, so I am taking a long lunch to come home and watch it with them.
To celebrate this first total eclipse that has been seen in 500 years, we made these cute little cookies

7 dozen of these little beauties will be delivered in the morning. I am really excited to see something that has not been seen in 500 years, like a smaller pants size for me. I will report for all your northerners that may not have gotten the best seat in the house.....until tomorrow!

One thing that happened this weekend, is Mr. G got our Facebook page up and running. You can order cookies on there, send us an IM or email us at rattghar@att.net.

Just a reminder.....DO NOT LOOK DIRECTLY IN THE SUN,,,,you do not want to burn your eyes do eye? How will you ever see badge of heavens GLORIOUS cookies?

Camping and Glamping

Sorry I have not written since Wednesday, for my big zero blog readers! I must stay vigilant though, I am like Batman....or Batgirl or CookieGirl, that is better!

So Thursday night was a night of camping, fishing and hiding in the trees....cookie wise. We got an order for camping cookies on Wednesday afternoon, and because I am an eager beaver, I said yes of course! Then later that afternoon, I was asked about doing bridal shower cookies....and what did I say yes! It really is fun, so I do not mind.

When you think of camping what do you think of? Tents, campfires, s'mores and dirty bathrooms....umm... I mean family time. We did not have a camper cookie cutter, so we spread all of our cutters out and let our imagination run. Did you know if you turn a tall pumpkin cutter on its side, it looks like a cute pull behind camper? Well it does, take my word for it! We also made fish and then trees. The fish needed a little bit more of "batch of heaveness" but they were cute, what do you think?

Once these were finished, we moved on to the bridal shower. We were going to do rings, but they looked so pretty white with the scallop edge, I could not put a gray ring on it! I need to work on a gold color or something like that. These turned out cute, but I needed to have a thinner line for my writing, but it was late (7:30 I mean hello I should have been in bed watching The Great British Bake-Off on Netflix).

Since it is the weekend, I have 19 dozen cookies to bake! I feel so blessed that people actual want our cookies! I plan on baking a few extra cookies, in case the I need cookies by Thursday night calls come in for Friday morning. I almost think those cookies are the cutest, we work hard under pressure!

Have a safe and heavenly weekend!
AG