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A Canadian expatriate living and exploring first France now Germany, then BACK to FRANCE (!!!) with her family; former fashion designer, turned unexpected UNLIKELY NOMAD, raising two children, writing, photographing, painting, playing piano (who knew!!) and blogging - and now... full time student at ART SCHOOL!! (I MUST be crazy!!)

Sunday, January 6, 2008

Think back to Mid December...Christmas cookies...and then some...

We are a little Goo-Goo in the Gaa-Gaa over here about Christmas cookies and I have to say of all the the years of Christmas cooky-ing I have ever done in my life this year topped them all.

First we did a "Cookie-Factory" with Riel's class, myself and some other parents assisted the grade 2 class in baking well over 150 dozen cookies to sell in a cookie booth at the schools annual Christmas celebration. The children raised over 250Euros!

Then we did a gingerbread cookie event in Lily's class and the kids all made gigantic gingerbread shapes decorated with raisins. Another very fun and very concentrated cookie event.

THEN we did several gingerbread events at our home with various family and friends including a gingerbread house with Gma and Gpa at Xmas which was DE-LISH-US I might add (I am such a sucker for anything that involves flour, butter sugar and CANDY) Gosh and I wonder where my kids get it from...

And last but not least, we did painted shortbreads ...well, just because we needed to make MORE cookies and since you all know that I am sort of subtle like that and I like everything to be kinda understated and also because I saw them over at Pioneer Woman Cooks and well she is pretty much one of my heroes theses days...

So we started off with mixing the egg yolk paints, and I love to use cupcake tins for theses sort of (messy) projects, keep all the goo in one place you understand...
We already had the dough made up, so just softened it for a few secs in the M-wave, and then got painting...it all looks pretty serious...not to mention WAY fun... And not too mention way COLORFUL!!! I particularly love the purple and green angel from where-I-know-not...The troops sampling the booty!! Way to go kids!!
Yumm!!! Yep another uber-successful Christmas cookie year!!

3 comments:

oreneta said...

Oh my goodness gracious me my dear, you were always a prodigious and talented Christmas cookie maker, and if you topped all previous efforts...my oh my, I remember those gingerbread parties with you, that was some fun....the kids still mention it.

Gary said...

Great photos! Sweet kids and sweet treats...

Michelle said...

Wow! You are one brave Mama! I try to shy away from those overly messy projects. My kiddos would have a blast doing this. Maybe for Valentine's Day....

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