Margaret and I hosted our 4th annual cookie exchange this year. We had about 30 friends at the cookie exchange. We gave prizes for Best Presentation, Most Unique Presentation and Most Tasty Cookie.

Our theme was Gingerbread boy and girl. For one of our games, we read the story, The Gingerbread Girl, and every time the word girl was mentioned we passed the prizes to the right. The persons with the prizes at the end of the story got to keep their prize.

We played another game called, "I'm going to a cookie exchange and I'm bringing _____." The object of the game is to figure out what each person can and cannot bring to a cookie exchange. Since my name is Diane I would say, "I'm going to a cookie exchange and I'm bringing donuts." (I am allowed to bring donuts because my name begins with a D) Margaret would say, "I'm going to a cookie exchange and I'm bringing marshmallows." (She is allowed to bring them because they start with a M like her name) The next person (who hasn't caught on to the pattern) might say, "I'm going to a cookie exchange and I'm bringing paper." I would say, "Sorry Linda you can't bring paper!" Linda won't understand why she can't bring paper but it is because her name doesn't begin with a P.

It is so funny trying to watch everyone figure out what they can and can't bring to the cookie exchange!

We are already planning our 5th Cookie Exchange for 2011!

Diane Brown and Margaret Marshall