I bought an egg kit for dyeing eggs this year, but I also bought some wooden eggs that had been painted white. Hannah and I sat in the kitchen and painted them with Sharpie makers. This worked extremely well. The best part is that I can keep them for another year until I get tired of them. I like to keep the Easter baskets in good condition and so I put them up on the cupboards in the kitchen and I don't let her play with them, except for the one that I think needs to be deaccessioned. When we were done with the eggs, Hannah gathered them in her basket and she has been hauling them around.
We also made cookies. Hannah wanted to make sugar cookies, but she was disappointed that we had to chill the dough for two hours. She dealt with this by watching television. She is a big fan of rolling out the dough and cutting the cookies. I am the kind of person who likes all the cookies to be neat and pretty, but if I insist on this, then the experience is pretty miserable. I have found I can deal with our different preferences by just giving her some dough to do whatever she wants with while I make my cookies and then whatever she gets done we cook too. That seems to keep us friends by the time the baking experience concludes. I did notice that since the last time we did this around Christmas break, she is much better at making good use of the space and she places the sharp side of the cutter down now without prompting. She also figured out how to squish all the dough into a cutter and then push it out when she got down to her last bit of dough. Her rolling is more controlled. She actually did a pretty good job.
In truth I am glad that she likes to make stuff. I am huge fan of sitting and cutting or coloring or making something to pass time. She is pretty good for a three year old, too.
We also made cookies. Hannah wanted to make sugar cookies, but she was disappointed that we had to chill the dough for two hours. She dealt with this by watching television. She is a big fan of rolling out the dough and cutting the cookies. I am the kind of person who likes all the cookies to be neat and pretty, but if I insist on this, then the experience is pretty miserable. I have found I can deal with our different preferences by just giving her some dough to do whatever she wants with while I make my cookies and then whatever she gets done we cook too. That seems to keep us friends by the time the baking experience concludes. I did notice that since the last time we did this around Christmas break, she is much better at making good use of the space and she places the sharp side of the cutter down now without prompting. She also figured out how to squish all the dough into a cutter and then push it out when she got down to her last bit of dough. Her rolling is more controlled. She actually did a pretty good job.
In truth I am glad that she likes to make stuff. I am huge fan of sitting and cutting or coloring or making something to pass time. She is pretty good for a three year old, too.
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