though I am artsy at heart...and though I think it highly commendable when pancakes are made to look like dog faces... I do not take the time to create masterpieces with our breakfast foods.
I am lucky to get through breakfast without an emotional outburst (the girls, not mine *grin*) without adding the pressure of "Art Class 101" in the midst of it.
Don't get me wrong. I have high hopes of one day being "That Mom". But in general, that's where my motivations remain. Hopeful. nothing more.
Only this Thanksgiving, I did want to make the attempt to include my girls in more than just the eating of our elaborate spread. I wanted them to feel like they're a vital part. to know they are.
And at this age, that is accomplished by the making of food. the creative kind.
Thus, the Pilgrim Hat cookies:
Take a bowlful of dark chocolate chips. Melt in microwave. Be sure to not burn it!! Mix in between the heating session.
Take large marshmellows. Dip in melted chocolate with toothpicks.
Place on striped shortbread cookies (the kind that you used to wear as rings when you were young. remember them?). chocolate side up.
Put them in the frig immediately. Allow to cool. then use yellow frosting to make the gold buckles. Jet, my ingenious homeschooled husband, came up with the ever-so-helpful idea of putting the frosting into a baby's medicine dropper...
for a more precise miniature square. Worked like a charm!
for a more precise miniature square. Worked like a charm!
