Order In Chaos

YUM!

The last few weeks we have been heading into a city an hour away, pretty much every week, for various Dr’s appointments.

This would normally irk me and wear me out. Especially having to take my two little boys with me.

However, we have the most wonderful family living nearby the city.

My hubby’s sister’s family.

They have kids. Cousins play with cousins. There is joy.

There are also amazing treats:

Yummy treats:

The kind I see in magazines and books but never actually make, even though I really want to eat them.

I worry that if I make them, I will eat them. All of them.

Even better, I think she actually follows the recipies.

I start feeling guilty the minute I try making cookies. Thus I decrease sugar, substitute whole wheat flour for white flour, raisins instead of chocolate chips, and never add enough butter. Okay, I don’t even use butter, I use a little bit of olive oil.

Do you know what cookies made with these substitutions taste like?

Not like this:

Not even close.

I ate them all.