G is for Gingerbread

Today was Gingerbread Day for Ethan's pre-school co-op.

First we read this:

Then we made scratch 'n sniff gingerbread babies.

(The key here is to pre-measure the nutmeg, cloves, ginger & cinnamon to avoid $15 worth of spices being dumped on the first kid's page.)

Next we got our mood music going . . .

. . . and decorated a bunch of tasty gingerbread cut-outs.

Well, Luke just ate while everyone else decorated.

And I finally found a gingerbread cookie recipe that I like here. (Most are too dry and crumbly, but these came out perfect!)

It was about as good of a time that you can have in the company of a bunch of toddlers.