Doing Something Special with Grandma

Wednesday, March 26, 2008 8:43:01 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)

Last night I promised Mark he could do something special with Grandma this morning. The first thing he said when he ran into Grandma's room this morning was "We get to do something special today!"

Grandma had bought a "cookie house" at Kmart (on Easter clearance, of course) and thought that might be a fun thing to do with a boy or two. I wasn't sure, except that anything with Grandma is fun...

Wilton Pre-Baked Gingerbread Bunny Hutch

Mark even agreed to hold the hand mixer -- the sound wasn't too loud for him -- to mix up the icing. Unfortunately all of the pictures I tried to take of Grandma grimacing at the hassle of loading icing into bags and such didn't turn out so well, and ended up looking like she was smiling.

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Mark liked helping squeeze the bag to put icing on the house. Then he got to apply candy!

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Mark generously allowed Adam to share the beaters from making the icing. Adam was having a rough morning, so this was a very nice thing for him to do.

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There were lots of details to add to the house.

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When he was finished, he had a delightful little bunny house. I think he had a nice time with Grandma. And I didn't have to clean up!

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Sunday, April 06, 2008 11:31:24 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
And so what did the child like best of all that mess??? Putting the cornstarch (supposedly used to keep the frosting from sticking too badly in one's hands)onto the roof to look like "snow." Yes indeed, that IS frosting and cornstarch on his little head,chin and shirt!
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