Cook-a-thon 3!

Well, we are resigned to the fact that everytime we do this, it's going to take the WHOLE DAY and part of the night! We tried to make it faster by having everyone bring something already finished...which we did. But we still cooked all day and into the night. This time we did a few things alot better though.

#1 - we had pizza for dinner so we didn't have to worry about it

#2 - we used frozen water bottles to cool off hot soups faster

#3 - we didn't simmer soups for very long (if at all) so they could cool much faster!

#4 - we didn't have any cars get broken into! Yay!

Things we can probably do better next time.

#1 - Get a food processor so certain things take less time

#2 - Get a babysitter to watch the kids

#3 - Get someone to come and just wash dishes all day long! (man, you should have seen the pile)!

#4 - Don't have a concert the same night as the cook-a-thon (ok, we had no control over this one...it just happened).

#5 - cooking eggrolls at 11pm leads to injuries - cook them when you are less fried! (ok, I'm the one with the burns on my fingers. It's my own darn fault).

#6 - stir the baked beans in the crockpot, even if you don't think you need to! (oops..my bad)!

It's funny how much we look forward to just frying ourselves for one whole day. Even our kids were really excited for this cook-a-thon. We think we figured out why though. They get to spend the whole day with friends, watching movies and playing and eating yummy food!

Thanks, to Karen Olds who brought us sustanance! (best darn snickerdoodles I've ever had)!

A few pics from our crazy day.............