Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Love-ly Countdown

Somewhere I saw a yummy February mobile made of gingerbread hearts.  Ama sent the kids heart cookie cutters for Valentine's Day, so we got started today baking (here's our fav gingerbread cookie recipe)....
Wesley heard me say, "Don't throw the cookie cutters."
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We had fun rolling dough, eating dough, cutting dough, & eating cookies....
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We poked holes in the cookies and strung cookies from ribbon.  feb-cookies3
The girls hung their cookies at the foot of their beds and are going to eat a cookie a day as they countdown to Valentine's Day.  Thomas put his cookies in one of his mini storage buckets in his desk.  We hung Christina's cookies on her bulletin board...surprise, sis! 
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Happy Valentine's Day!
Love, The Beantown Menzies
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8 comments:

Amy D said...

That's such a cute idea! For some reason, Valentine's Day has snuck up on me this year, so this would be fun for us to do to get in the groove of V-Day. Thanks!

Julee said...

Great idea!

And BTW, Wes is looking more and more ADORABLE! I need him!

Happy Valentine's!!!

Julie said...

How fun! You make awesome memories for your kiddos!

shayla said...

Don't you love those scalloped cookie cutters? We've been cutting out our pb&j and quesadillas with those this week...everything hearts! Fun countdown idea & cute pics!

Ellsworth Family said...

Wesley's covering his sweet face! I guess he knows what happens when things are thrown, they get thrown at you. Give that sweet boy kisses and I love the Valentine's idea. So cute!

rebecca said...

Wesley was throwing the cookie cutters across the kitchen. He covers his face when he's embarrassed, shy, or busted:) This was pretty classic Wesley and I kiss those chubby fingers on a daily basis...love, love. After this photo, he stopped throwing the cookie cutters across the room and started putting them in the flour container. The boy loves playing in flour!

Lana Lulu Handmade said...

Cute idea and I love what you've done with your photos! So cute.

Julie K said...

What a delicious idea!

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