Don’ t these gingerbread men look yummy? I waited nicely with them, so Mom could take my picture. I expected she’d toss a nice big one to me after the photo shoot. But she didn’t. She ate a couple of them herself and gave me one little gingerbread head. I ate it so fast, I barely tasted it. I checked the floor to see if it fell.
It didn’t.
Mom and her friends ate gingerbread men day after day, and all I ever got was an occasional leg or arm, except in my dreams when I got to eat tons of them.
And now they’re FINISHED. I’m sure more Christmas cookies are around here someplace, but the gingerbread men are finished.
Besides the gingerbread, Mom also finished her Goodreads Challenge. In January, she challenged herself to read 212 picture books in 2012. She actually read and rated 214. Some of her favorites were: Betty Bunny Loves Chocolate Cake, I am the Dog, Kindergarten Rocks, Dinosaur vs Santa, Playing War, and Stuck. She liked a whole bunch more, too. They made her say, “Awesome!” and “Hilarious!” and “Why can’t I write like this?”
Some of the books she read made her say, “Wait. What?” and “THIS is published?” and “I want that ten minutes of my life back!”
I want the gingerbread men back.
Cupcake Speaks 
Comments on: "Finished" (53)
Gingerbread men? Your person made gingerbread men? I think The Producer has definitely been taken over by the Grinch – no gingerbread men here 😦
Have a Happy Christmas Cupcake.
You’re dreaming, Zena! Mom didn’t make them. One of her friends did. They’re the yummiest gingerbread men ever. Once, when Mom tried making them, they were so hard, we had to hang them on the Christmas tree.
Love and licks,
C
My word, you are one lucky dog. Litchi has never had a gingerbread man – sure she’d love them.
Litchi would DEFINITELY love the gingerbread! It’s awesome. Maybe you could make some…..?
Love and licks,
C
You will just have to dig out some dog treats and not share them with her – it is the only way they will learn! What’s their’s is yours and whats yours is yours!
Great idea, Basil! If only I could be tall enough, I’d grab the cookie jar and go nuts.
Love and licks,
C
Ooohh Cupcake! Mommy is at risk of a bite! 😉
Ugh! I wish I’d thought of that, John!
Love and licks,
C
They look yummy, at least you get to taste some, I’ve never had gingerbread men before. Have a funtastic Thursday Cupcake 🙂 xx00xx
Mollie and Alfie
Thanks, Mollie and Alfie! How can it be Christmas without gingerbread men? Mom isn’t in the Christmas spirit unless she gives herself a gingerbread bellyache.
Love and licks,
C
I haven’t had gingerbread men either. Bu your mummy is mean not to let you have more! Hope she makes a special batch just for you!
Great idea, Misaki! I should have my own private stash of gingerbread men! Good thinking! I’ll wait by the oven and see what happens.
Love and licks,
C
Poor Cupcake……you look SOOOOO adorable in your beautiful holiday collar and you certainly deserved more than a gingerHEAD for posing so pretty! Moms can be real killjoys sometimes can’t they? Know what? I have that same fleece throw on the back of my couch – it’s quite comfy and a purrrfectly lovely place to have a good pout don’t you think? Hang in there Cupcake….there will be more treats in the days to come….Christmas isn’t even HERE yet!
Holiday Huggies, Sammy
Thanks, Sammy. The gingerhead, gingerarm, and gingerfoot were definitely NOT enough for me. I’m hoping something else comes my way, soon.
Love and licks,
C
You are lucky. I made chocolate chip cookies and Rocky didn’t get any. (I don’t think chocolate would have been a good thing). He did get doggy treats, even though he left his toys out and tripped me. Now I can’t walk and he’s still getting doggie treats from daddy. Go figure. Your mom sure did read a lot of books. Like anything else, there’s the good and the bad. Someday some smart person will realize your mom’s books are good and then we will get to see #2 on the shelf. :-). Patience. Like when you waited for the gingerbread head. Hugs…
Don’t be too hard on the big guy, Gemma. Poor Rocky! He keeps getting himself into trouble. Thanks for hoping about Book 2 with us. We need all the hope we can get!
Love and licks,
C
Awww, you definitely didn’t get your fair share! Hopefully Santa will bring you more!
Thanks, Kat and Collies! Yay! There’s still hope. C’mon, Santa!
Love and licks,
C
During a mall shopping trip last night I came across a bin full of stuffed animals in Ikea. One in particular bore a strong resemblance to Cupcake. I was tempted to buy him but that would have meant no lunch so I passed on it for this season. Happy Holidays Cupcake. Wishing a whole gingerbread man for Christmas. 🙂
Thanks, Bob! How exciting that there was a stuffed animal that looked like me. I wish Mom would go to Ikea and get it for me. I could pretend it was my puppy!
Love and licks,
C
Check it out here. http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/00167957/
It DOES kind of look like me! So cute!
I love gingerbread men…. do you have some leftovers? …and to eat tons of them is a wonderful dream….i#M DREAMING WITH YOU .O9
It’s only a dream, E. I’m back to microscopically tiny MilkBone treats.
Love and licks,
C
That first photo belongs on a Christmas card – great shot. On the plus side maybe Santa will try one of those delicious cookies and leave you some extra treats.
Thanks, Will and Eko! That’s what I need. Extra treats! Yay! C’mon Santa!
Love and licks,
C
Those are some pretty yummy looking cookies. Sorry you only got a head…keep dreaming!
Oink oink,
Katie and Coccolino the mini pig
Thanks, Katie and Coco! Dreaming is fun.
Love and licks,
C
Hello,
I just wanted to let you know that I’ve nominated you for The Next Big Thing (A Blog Hop Post)
Check it out http://thejennymacbookblog.wordpress.com/
Thanks, Chelsea! Being Big is my dream!
Love and licks,
C
You’re welcome Cupcake 🙂
Congratulations to you, Cupcake, for sitting so nicely without gobbling up the gingerbread men. I’m sure Mom will reward you with a more pup-friendly treat for your patience. And Big Congratulations to Mom for completing & surpassing her Goodreads challenge. I look forward to checking out some of the books she enjoyed.
Thanks, Patricia! Mom says start with Stuck. She really loved that one!
Love and licks,
C
You are luckier than me Miss Cupcake! I haven’t had ANY Gingerbread men at all this holiday season! Yours look so delicious… mmmm
Thanks, Ann! Gingerbread is the best! I want more!!
Love and licks,
C
Congratulations to your mom on reading 214 books. That is phenomenal!
P.S. De makes gingerbread men and let’s me have some 🙂
Oh, Bassa! You lucky dog! I wish I could come to your house.
Love and licks,
C
What a delicious entry! Happy Holidays!
-Bella and DiDi
Thanks, Bella and DiDi! xo
Love and licks,
C
Definitely sending Maggie over now! She’s good at herding people. Maybe she can herd the Gingerpeople together and then you guys feast! 😉
C’mon, Maggie! I need all the help I can get!
Love and licks,
C
Our boys didn’t even get a piece of our gingerbread men! You sure are a lucky pup, and looking very festive in the first picture!
Sam
(p.s. – Mom loves those books too!)
Thanks, Cafall! Apparently, festive isn’t enough to score a delicious smelling cookie…
Love and licks,
C
Cupcake, no gingerbread for you? Next time you only pose for a picture if you get a gingerbread, ok 🙂
Blackmail! I like how you think, AngelsWhisper!
Love and licks,
C
May I have some? I haven’t eaten a gingerbread man in years… read decades. 😆
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Eliz
YEARS, E???! Aargh! Mom says it’s not really Christmas until you get a gingerbread bellyache!
Love and licks,
C
yummy! Lots of yummy christmas cookies! For a little dog Cupcake, you sure got one BIG appetite!
I’m sure you will get gingerbread men in your stocking, Cupcake!
You are so cute Cupcake!!!! We hope you get some Gingerbread Men. Those by the way are Ginger’s favorite cookie! 🙂 Merry Christmas our friends!!!
I could never fight Ginger for the gingerbread men. She would outsize me and overpower me!! They’re all yours, Ginger!
Love and licks,
C
Ginger would share with you Cupcake… 🙂
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