We decided to spend the day in our jammies. We decided to eat cookies all day. We decided we were going to turn our living room into an adventure. 
There was a beautiful princess
a fire-breathing dragon
(this is him breathing fire!)
And a Mighty Castle
Later we decided to take to the high seas for a riotous pirate adventure!
All-aboard!
We searches high and low for buried treasure!
We looked fierce in our pirate hats!
Mean while, back in the kitchen, I was on day three of the sugar cookie fiasco. What I've learned: If anyone ever gives you a magnificently shaped and deliciously frosted sugar cookie: 1) they love you very much. 2) They are some kind of suer-hero in the kitchen. Sugar cookies are wildly demanding. There's the dough that has to be just the right temperature to keep from becoming a sticky disaster during all the rolling, cutting, and re-rolling. Endless cookie sheets in and out of the oven. I washed all five of mine twice. Burnt thin cookies and thick soft cookies all on the same pan because I couldn't get the rolling right. Fragile cookies that wouldn't scape off the sheet... and then the icing. All the icing. Good lord. My husband so helpfully interjected yesterday as I was cursing a particularly sorry batch, "You should call my mother. She makes awesome sugar cookies."
I'm sure she does.
Further, I took the time to boil blueberries to extract their juice to color my frosting. I wanted to avoid putting any nasty toxic food-dye in something for my kids. (I know, I deserve a shiny medal, right?) Two hours later, I find Georgia has snuck under the table and eaten an ENTIRE pink crayon.
Great, I'm glad I kept the food dye out of her cookies.
But, it was freaking delicious icing. ;-)
11 comments:
Ah yes...the sugar cookies. Yikes and the mess!! Entirely worth it though. I tell you, those pirates are certainly fierce looking. Did they find any treasures?
The photos are lovely. I hope you get to feeling better soon.
PS: Margie will be getting her driving permit in a few days. Be glad you don't live in Georgia anymore. :)
Don't you love when you are in the middle of a cooking disaster and "they" mention how their mother does it so easily and fantastic? Men can be sooooo dumb!
You guys are too fun! Love it!
Next time you build a couch adventure, invite us over! Love it!!
Too funny! The pink crayon....made me roll!
Come to Florida and have pirate adventures with the three of us!! Please! Please!
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What a wonderful day for kids. And the crayon - I don't know how many my kids have eaten. Sometimes I only discover it on the other end. Ew.
A friend gave me a marble slab that I use for sugar cookies. I put the slab in the fridge the night before, and then I roll the dough on it the next day. the slab stays cold so the cookie dough doesn't stick as much.
That, however, is giving you advice, and I know how maddening it can be to get unasked-for advice, even if it's not from a mother-in-law. Please ignore me.
Your cookies look delicious (and well worth the effort), your kids look happy... pink crayon and all. It's nice to see you blogging again... just 2 more weeks! I miss you!!!!!
Ditto on the dumb man thing!
What a PERFECT day! And you are mighty adventurous...sugar cookies...I definitely would ruin at least three batches before anything came out remotely eadible!
I love your posts. They always grown. Remind me of what's important. And I love your pics. They're always so honest and telling.
best days ever!!!
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