Birthday Cookies

I received this huge box from Alissa in the mail yesterday, but I was given strict instructions not to open it until my birthday.
It was extremely difficult to let a big box like that sit in my room unopened. But I obeyed. I figured out that my mom and Alissa sent me gifts, each with an opening time written on them. I was born at 3:50am, so my first gift is set to be opened at 10:50am on Friday and then each corresponding hour after that. I am so excited to open a gift each hour! It is going to spread my birthday through the whole day. How fun!

Here is the inside of Alissa's box. She called me tonight and told me I could open it and unwrap the 10:50am gift.

The gift was candy cane chocolate cookies and she didn't want them to get stale. I dug in right away and gave some to my friends. I LOVE these cookies and was so happy to get a big bag of them. Alissa just posted the recipe and I definitely recommend you make them. They are super easy and taste really good. Perfect for the Christmas season.

I'll keep you posted on the rest of the gifts and my birthday fun this weekend!