MAKIN' MAGIC

The ole fat boy and his beautiful bride took the notion evenin' last to gather up the five year old nephew and three year old niece and make some "magic" thru the decoration of Christmas sugar cookies.

Engendered by family love and innocent in intention,this was a great idea that would surely become legendary in memory.

The holiday pastries were carefully cooked to perfection and the "sprinkles" and icing was evenly divided between two card tables to separate the "combatants" during the blessed event.

Picked them eager puppies up at day-care, transported them to the ranch, and launched the festivities without delay.

Then the "plan" began to disintegrate a bit???

It seems that grabbing plastic spoons and sloppin' icing down one's throat is infinitely more fun than carefully layering it onto a cookie?

And who would have thought that fancy colored sprinkles judiciously divided into little plastic bathroom sipping cups would be such awesome shot glasses to "chug" sugar charged energy fuel with unbridled enthusiasm????

Add pretzels to the "reindeer head" cookies"...NAW...throw them at your sibling at the neighboring table while giggling incomprehensible glee????

At the end of the evening it could easily be said it was "fun"...to have the experience....!!!!

Now if the ranch hand can figger how to get the tractor in the house to round up all that "fun" that ended up on the floor???