art camp 2011.

last week, ellie went to art camp. she went last year, too, and loved it. a repeat this year was non-negotiable. the theme was "pop art." the teacher -- miss becca -- was the same as last year, and she remembered ellie. of course she did. it worked out great because my sister was in town, and she watched the other two kids while just ellie and i went to camp. it was a great time alone with my eldest babe. she was truly in her element.

day 1.

day 2.

day 3.

day 4.

day 5.
(on day 5, daddy took her. i sent him with the camera. he forgot it in the car. silly daddy. these are from when she came home.)

fresh baked.

ellie has a sticker chart. when she fills the chart (for doing good things), she gets to pick a "treat." recently, she chose to buy easter shaped cookie cutters and make cookies with mommy. i offered this as a suggestion, among other things, and i love that she picked it. i think quality time as a treat is so much better than some toy that will end up forgotten in a corner. it doesn't hurt that the side effect to this quality time is super yummy.

we still have more dough. i substituted 2 of the 5 cups of all-purpose flour the recipe called for with whole wheat flour. the cookies are not as white as regular sugar cookies, but just as delicious, in my opinion. i'm pretty sure the three sticks of butter + the powdered sugar icing eliminated any hint of "health" in these, however, wheat flour or not.




ellie and i ended up with a couple helpers about halfway through our date. since they were cute boys, we didn't mind their joining in.

yay for cookies!