Handing out Valentine's at school is not common practice here in England. The kids here have a similar tradition, but at Christmas time, giving all the kids in the class small Christmas cards. But I love holidays and finding ways to celebrate, so instead of cards, my kids took heart-shaped sugar cookies to school for their class because what kid doesn't love a cookie made with love?!
I baked all the cookies by myself at night then let Gretchen decorate hers the following afternoon while Rooke was at school and Bridgette was napping. It was a great activity for she and I to do together. Gretchen got more creative as we went along!
Mental note - when making sugar cookies, store them in stacks so they don't crack and break. It actually wasn't a big deal because it meant more for us to eat!
The cross cookie was to remind us of the source of love:
We love because He first loved us. 1 John 4:19
Cute as she is, this girl has THE hardest time keeping the decorating utensils (fingers included) out of her mouth. There was a lot of washing going on in between cookies.
Busted. If you ever get a batch of cookies from us, you've been warned. =)
She was very proud to take her trays of cookies to school the next day!
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