Nom! Nom! Nom!

I totally feel like this today, the urge to junk out. But I want to bury my face in a feed bag of Wheat Thins! Or Buffalo Blue Cheese Kettle Chips. But alas, I don't junk out much these days. Not conducive to my healthier lifestyle. Thanks for the funny picture Holly. I love how CM is burying his face in a pot of cookies. This made me laugh extensively.

Vintage Trike Riding Cookie

So I was pretty excited when I came to work and was given a Michael Kors bag as a gift. At first I thought, what could this be? Is it a tie, or dress shirt? Maybe an accessory of some sort? I was very much surprised to find this little guy in the bag, all dolled up!



I'll admit, I'm obsessed with Cookie Monster. This one is vintage, old and used, but in almost pristine condition. His legs turn on his orange trike as you pull him along the ground. He has one arm on the steering wheel, and his other arm rotates up and down shoving cookies into his mouth. It is hilarious! I felt like a 5-yo getting a toy at Christmas at work yesterday. Thanks Miss Stephanie for feeding my obsessive Cookie Monster addiction.

Cookie Eating Cookie

So, I can spot this guy just about anywhere I go. It's an obnoxious obsession, but I have a developed a very keen eye for spotting these. This one resides just off of Lake City Way and Ravenna, here in Seattle. He's in a good home. Complete with a child who likes to tackle and hug him. That made us both laugh.

Cookies...Nom...Nom...Nom...!

Can't Have Too Many Christmas Trees

I think Cookie Monster feels right at home, at our home during the Christmas holiday. With the tree skirt finished, and the growing collection of Cookie Monster Christmas ornaments, we decided to re-establish a Craven family tradition of having small trees in the bedrooms. I grew up with a tree every year in my own bedroom. This is Holly's first Christmas tree in the bedroom. Fun!



Cookie Monster ornaments showing him sledding down the hill, climbing down chimneys and decorating trees...



Also, making cookies, baking gingerbread houses and making gingerbread toy trains. Cookie Monster likes Christmas time as much as we both do! :)

Happy Birthday

Happy 40th Birthday Cookie Monster! Who knew you were six years older than me? I think we are going to adopt you...

Colonial Cookie

For those that follow our blog on a regular basis, it's not secret that I'm a tad obsessed with Cookie Monster, and have been for years. I/We have collection of all sorts of Christmas Cookie Monster ornaments, as well as toys that I plan to share with our daughter some day. Anyways, on the other side of the country, in historic Williamsburg VA, Holly and I were walking in the shopping section of town and Holly's eagle eye noticed "Colonial Cookie" clear across the block! After it was pointed out, I needed to covertly take a photo of this, incognito, while the person at the computer didn't notice. This was clearly office space. I tried covertly for a while and finally just went up and took the picture and smiled at the lady working at her computer. Funny! All "Colonial Cookie" needed was a Thomas Jefferson or George Washington inspired 1776 era hat!