Let it be said that Jed and I started dating because of his hate for all competitive team professional sports. It is a question I have asked every potential suitor my whole life. If they watched football on Sunday or Monday or even on Thursday evening, I walked away. If they knew the name of 2 professional basketball players and they can dribble well, I walked away. If they had never fallen asleep at a baseball game, I first stared in disbelief, and then I walked away. Hockey – well okay, I can actually tolerate that. But would never date a season ticket holder. Hockey is HOT – like totally sweaty men fighting with sticks AND they have good balance. Barbarically sexy.
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Esther left me in a puddle of guilt that day she left for school that first full day of Fall. And I had a full schedule of just general shit to do.
But I dropped it all and made cookies. I could not provide a party for her, but I would provide her with Fall themed cookies as an after school treat. But I did not have a leaf shaped cookie cutter and Kristi ignored my calls as usual. Baby had a fever – awesome, so shopping was out.
So I figured I could make hand cut ash tree leaves – simple yes. And furthermore, I had food coloring to make orange frosting for real Fall colored leaves – creative. Oooh. Aaah.
And the damn things ended up looking like footballs. FALL BAKING FAIL.
I understand, football is in fall and a true fall tradition. BUT NOT IN MY HOUSE. So now I was just pissed off and had to eat all of the really obvious football cookies and gained like 12 pounds because of FALL and FOOTBALL.
But there is no way a 5 year old will care or notice.
Esther came home, and said “mom, you made football cookies!” And I said “those are not football cookies -they are ash tree leaves that are changing color.” (always a bad sign when you have to explain your cookies to a 5 year old…)
And Esther said “no, they look like footballs. I don’t really like football.”
Next year I am doing NOTHING.
Happy Fall y’all.
Can my boys come over and eat them? They will be in heaven. Football heaven. There is such a place right?
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What a good mom you are! Hope the baby is feeling better, mine just had her very first stomach flu…wish she was old enough for football cookie cheering up.
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..Thank you Yuliya, you are so sweet.
Molly, next time I make football cookies or any accidental sports related cookies or baked goods at all, they are coming to your home.
xoxo,t
Aw, come on Tracy! Football is fun! Of course, if I were you, I would not become a Vikings fan as Brett Favre is an idiot who cannot decide whether to stay or go. Yes, you need to become a Colts fan. If anything, it is quite entertaining watching all the cute butts in their tight pants!!
I thought your cookies were adorable!
Oh how I missed your writing. Aren’t you at least proud that you are passing on the sports hating traditions?
Tracy,
Never have I said that you do NOT make me laugh. Today is not an exception. I hate making sugar cookies. The dough is always sticky and my cookies are either doughy or burnt. It sounds like a fun, cute idea, and then I, like you, am swearing or want to swear…
You can’t win for trying… And I knew it. With all that talk about Hockey, you are secretly Canadian. Now I want some cookies, all because of football, which I hate too. I wanted a guy who liked to play the sports instead of sitting on a couch watching them. Seems the smarter way to go,
Dana
OK…this just provided me with the laugh I needed for the day. I aplaud you for trying to do such a sweet thing for your child!!
“How do you raise such nice boys? I really want to know.”
Well, I whispered conspiratorially, “We don’t believe in the local religion. We don’t worship sports.”
“No, no, it’s not just sports,” added Ben, “we don’t worship anything but God and family.”
Yeah, the football cookies wouldn’t have gone over well here either.
Told you not to bother!
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Funny! They don’t look like footballs at all! Little leaf veins and everything. I love the color of them. Nice job.
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They do NOT look like footballs. They look like Easter Eggs
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Looks so yummy!
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I SWEAR to you I think they look like leaves.
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