A few weeks ago Brielle started asking to make gingerbread men. I don't know where she got the idea because we have never made them before, but I thought it was a great idea. So, when we had preschool at our house we read "The Gingerbread Man" and then made the cookies (combining 2 things on the "to do" list, "plan preschool" and "make gingerbread men"...don't know why I didn't think of it sooner! I was surprised to find all of the morals and literacy things that I could teach just from that simple story). We all had a blast and that is now Nathan's favorite story. I think this will become a new tradition.
As a side note: Another plus to making gingerbread cookies is that ONE tastes good, but 5 don't, giving that extra boost to not eat too many treats! It's a win/win! 
Addie, Brielle and Mia
"Make jingle bell!!"
Lots o' yummy cookies!
Addie, Brielle and Mia"Make jingle bell!!"
5 comments:
You are amazing we need the recpie for that gingerbread!
What a fabulous new tradition. Is it hard to make gingerbread?
That looks yummy! Run, run, as fast as you can!
No. It isn't hard at all. In fact, I was surprised at how easy it is. The recipe came off of allrecipes.com-- it's called "Nauvoo Gingerbread Cookies" or something like that. It asks for lard and I just used shortening. Molasses is the only other strange ingredient.
That is good to know - I have never made gingerbread either! How fun! I love the pic of Nathan looking up at the camera. Cute kid.
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