For Valentine's day this year the kids finally talked me into making sugar cookies. I know, I know, I'm the sugar cookie grinch, but here's the thing; while they're all sorts of fun to decorate and make, none of us actually like to eat them! At our house there is really only one kind of cookie worth eating, and that is the almighty chocolate chip. But we do have this collection of about a hundred cookie cutters, (usually used for play-dough) and we thought this would be a fun way to party.
Of course all of Paige's cookies had to be pink, with pink sparkles. Funny enough, I think the girl only actually ate one cookie? She does not have a sweet tooth. She loves to do these sorts of things, but not actually eat the treat.
Drew did his usual thing of doing every single one exactly the same way. The boy does not like variation!
Claire favored the purple frosting, and was happy to let Parker embellish her cookies so she could spend time licking more purple frosting off the scoop.
And Parker had to try out a little bit of everything. He is very serious about these sorts of things.
Emma napped through most of the fun, and when she woke up was happy to nod her head and smile while the other kids decorated her cookies for her. She just wanted to EAT one!
And some slobber free ones.
We had intended to have a party with some friends, but at the last minute they got sick and couldn't come. We enjoyed our party favors anyway, (the lips made a fantastic whistling noise!) and made a craft not pictured because I was too busy making sure that every surface of the house wasn't covered with glittery stickers.
Then the kids got leftovers for dinner early, and when Brandon got home from work, we got to spend some time together cooking a nice meal for ourselves. Steak and marsala mushrooms, garlic mashed potatoes and green beans! And chocolate lava cake for dessert! Since the opportunity to go out sans kids is rare for us these days, we've found cooking together to be a fun way to have a date night at home.
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