1 post tagged “gingerbread”

This afternoon we headed to the Millers' for a fun-filled afternoon of cookie decorating!  Michelle called me earlier in the week and asked if we'd made our cookies for Santa yet.  My response (roughly): "Uh...um...did I make cookies before??  I can't remember.  I made lots of white trash though!" 

(sidenote:google Alton Brown's "White Trash"...it's awesome, but I have to drizzle real chocolate over it...white chocolate doesn't cut it in my book.) 

I had no idea what we put out for Santa last year, but I did know we put out carrots for his reindeer.  I have great memories of elaborate cookie decorating with Doug and Maureen, so I knew it would be fun.  So we crashed in on their cookie decorating festivities this afternoon.  It was great, and the kids loved it.  We were shocked when Aidan hung in there until the bitter end...frosting every last cookie he could muster.   Emory and Alanna lost interest...no, actually, Alanna wanted to go play, and Emory had to be removed from the table for taste-testing every cookie she "frosted" and licking her plastic frosting knife.  She probably thought she was in charge of quality assurance...she was just taking one for the team.  She was hard at work sneaking bites of every cookie and any bit of frosting she could.  But Aidan, he loved it...not so much the spreading frosting part as the "can I taste it" part.  I think he thought the red, green, blue and white frosting might all taste different.  :)  Actually, he was very good and showed quite a bit of self-restraint.  They all understood that we would eat the cookies after dinner...not during the decorating process.  (Well, everyone but Emory...but hey, she's not even two.  Her taste-testing wasn't making the other kiddos too happy though.  No fair!) 

I was hoping to get some cute pictures, but once we let one 4 year old, three 3 year olds and a 22 month old loose with frosting and knives...and sprinkles..., it became clear that my focus would have to be elsewhere.  Oh well!  

Here's a video clip of the boys dancing...

We decorated a gingerbread train earlier this week, and I'll post photos when I get a chance.  Aidan and Alanna had fun, and Emory wanted all the turns to be her turn.  Those of you who know her know that this resulted in a lot of screaming.   She really enjoyed dropping her carefully selected candies into the train car, as opposed to actually placing them on the frosting, but that's okay!  They had fun!  Aidan and Alanna loved picking their little candies and putting them in just the right place.  They are very proud of their train!