Valentine's Day was a lot of fun this year. It was made a lot more fun by people I've never met.
Amy and I both participated in a Valentine Swap hosted by
Katie . Amy, seeing how I love to cook (or at least attempt) sent a lot of great things for Astoria and I to make cookies with for Valentine's Day.
So first we must make some room by loading the dishwasher. Well, I loaded she then crawled on top of the lid while I was turned around doing something else. Don't you just love how she cheeses. Nope, I don't know where her other sock is.
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These are all of the things Amy sent for our adventure.
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Next we cut the hearts out of the dough.
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Amy, Astoria loved the card so much she crawled around with it for a long time. That is until she saw the cookies :)
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After cooking we decorated them!
Amy also sent us a gigantic sucker. Being Astoria's first sucker she wasn't quite sure what to do. Once I showed her...
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She had no trouble finding her mouth!
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Next was a cookie, her very first cookie and icing. She again wasn't too sure about it at first. She was polite and ladylike for a moment....
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Once I got the bib on her..well it was over from there.
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Yep, I think we'll be able to handle that smash cake just fine in April!
Thank you Amy! It was a great day in part because of the wonderful gift you sent!