he is simply the greatest human we've ever encounteredCookie [and beer] Exchange
The weekend before I left we had our 3rd annual cookie & beer exchange party. We invite all our marrieds over and the ladies bake and the men bring unique brews, and then we all swap. It’s a lot of fun. This year we had 20 people, and a couple babies. We went all out, too. Decorations, festive drinks, amazing appetizers. The beer selection was outstanding, and the cookies were by far the best they’ve ever been.
As the night progressed though, it got a little out of hand. The men went out back and smoked some cigars in the freezing cold while us ladies got to have some good alone chatty time. After they came up we played a game of hot potato with an over-wrapped present, where you roll a dice until someone gets doubles and steals the gift, and the first one to rip it opens gets what’s inside. I had played it before, but this was the first year I wrapped one, and I think I did a bit too good of a job, because it took us 2-hours to unwrap it. TWO! And we cheated and used a knife, several times. Ha. But it was loads of fun, and got wild many times. Craziness included loud Jewish chanting, music playing, and dancing, a broken ceramic Christmas mug, and some ground wrestling.
Aside from the two baby families and a marathoner who had to leave a bit earlier, we said bye to our guests at three in the morning. It was a good night.
