Jay has been out of town all week at a conference and it has been freezing outside - so......, what does a mom do with a 15 month old? Bake her own Valentine cookies and make homemade cards of course. Kind of insane know that I think about it and actually write it down. First let me say, I am about the most non-creative person on the planet I think. I mean I am musically creative, so I guess that counts for something right? Maybe not, I don't know. But, I had this wild idea to try to make my own cookies and cards for Valentine's this year - something that I have never done I don't think. I have this ridiculous inferiority complex when it comes to being a "creative mom", so I honestly can't believe I am actually posting these pictures of my "creations". But one day I will want to remember what I did, so I am sucking up my pride and posting the pictures!
I was completely prepared for this to be disastrous with a 15 month old "helping" me, but much to my surprise this was by far one of the most fun things we have done together. He sat so still while I did his little fingerprints and was so excited to see his own handprints. He kept exclaiming, "hand, hand, hand"! I was also not prepared for how much he was actually going to help me make the cookies. He stood on a chair with me holding him, and he very gently placed the cookie cutter on the dough (made from scratch dough might I add)! He was very meticulous with his cutting - so much like his mommy, whose Kindergarten picture has a caption underneath that says, "Erin is a very conscientious colorer"!! He would turn the heart and bear shaped cookie cutter just the right way to get to perfect cookie without any direction from me. Then I would say, "push down", and he would gently push the cutter into the dough and be thrilled with his creation. He did enjoy putting a fingerprint in each of Jay's cookies - I guess that was his own creative touch. The sprinkles absolutely delighted him too! What a fun way to surprise Jay when he arrived home the other night. He was surprised first of all that Elijah Brooks helped me so much, but also surprised that I actually did a "project".
So here I go, posting these pictures for all the world to see (okay, not really) - and will probably wonder tomorrow why I just put myself out there to be laughed at by all of you creative moms out there!
Thumbprints in the shape of a bunny - supposed to be at least. EB put the stickers on.
Happy Valentine's Daddy (and EB's cookies).
EB's cookie with a thumbprint right in the middle of it.
\EB's heart cookie with yet another thumbprint in the middle of it.
Mommy's cookies!
2 comments:
So fun, isn't it?? We did that today as well, but I must say that you kept your kitchen a whole lot neater than we did! Now, did EB have fun eating the finished product?
we did the same thing and i feel the same way you do about doing all of that! i just try to make my cards look like the kids made them, let them add a sticker or two (if they haven't abandoned me already) and then say they did the whole thing. i'd never made sugar cookies from scratch and we did that too. it was fun! (we made butter cookies growing up with the cookie press--kids don't have patience for a cookie press, which means mommy eventually won't either)
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