Letter C

Today was a game day!  We played Checkers, Connect 4 and Code Master.  We learned about cheetahs.  The little kids colored which is pretty much an every day activity, but they noticed it started with C so up on the chalkboard it went.  They also counted cars and cut paper...like all those C's we're sneaking in there?!  The big kids did cubing with their neighbor friends...aka Rubik's cubes...they asked if they could do that because it starts with C lol.  And we made chocolate chip cookie bars...they were delicious!  I had plans to practice counting back money with coins and playing a money (coin) game, but time got away from us.  Oh oh, we made Chinese food for dinner...a yummy chow mein and orange chicken from my fav Pioneer Woman cookbook.  

These two...sweetness.

Vann was teaching him how to play.  

He told Ash the red squares were lava
so he had to stay on the black ones lol.
After a few games he pretty much knew
how to play...minus any strategy, but still.  

Now he's playing against Maddy.  

This game got a lot of action today!

He was supposed to line up 20 cars and count them.  

Making cookie bars!

Gotta taste a chocolate chip...

Just one ha!

Betty Crocker knows her way around some
chocolate chip cookie bars...yummo!!

Baking Cookies

The boys have lots of things they need to do to earn badges in Cub Scouts.  One of Vann's is to bake cookies.  Fun right?!  We jumped all over this one and the boys got right to baking!  I found a healthier peanut butter cookie recipe and they weren't super excited about it to begin with.  Apparently they've never had peanut butter cookies before...um what?  But once they licked the batter they were sold!  

They made the cookies all by themselves!  I helped in gathering ingredients, teaching them how to use the mixer, how to level stuff off and also answering questions about which measuring spoons to use...most of our measuring spoons have the labels rubbed off so I need to buy some new ones for them that way they can figure it out on their own.  But this was totally their thing and they really enjoyed it!  

Pouring the egg in. 

Cuteness!

Measuring the vanilla.

They liked using the mixer.

It's a little blurry, but I love how they're both smiling watching their cookies mix up :)

Dumping the flour mixture in.

Scooping the cookies out.

Putting them on the baking sheet.

Once on the baking sheet I did bake the cookies for them while they went to the neighbors to play.  It was gorgeous out that day so, I wanted them to get some fresh air too.  When they were done baking I took the warm cookies out to them for a snack.  They loved them!!  

Vann is soooo into cooking right now!  Every time we go to the library he checks out at least 4 books about cooking...usually ones with kid friendly recipes.  Then the Easter bunny brought him a cool little cookbook with lots of easier, healthy recipes.  He asks to help me cook every single day...I love it!  

Baking cookies

Vann baked some cookies the other day.  He can pretty much do the whole process himself, beside getting them in an out of the oven of course. 

He made snickerdoodles

Chaycers just watched

Meanwhile lil' Ash stirred Molly's water with a spatula.

He thought this was good fun :)

I'd like to bake some of my favorite Christmas cookies with the boys this week.  One of my most favs are pecan tassies.  My mom makes the best!  I've never attempted to make them myself though.  I also love the chocolate haystack ones...yum!  What are your favorite Christmas cookies?