Book-n-Craft Advent Activities December 9th

Our 9th book is Mr. Putter and Tabby Bake the Cake by Arthur Howard. This was one of Keke's favorite series and I wanted to share these with J. Mr. Putter and Tabby are trying to find the perfect gift for their neighbor but they are unsure of what to do. They decide they will bake a Christmas cake. The first few tries are flops but they finally get it right. Cute book. Instead of baking a cake, we decided to bake Christmas cookies. J has been asking me to make cookies since we put up the tree.

We made the dough in the evening for the next day. I gave J the ingredients in small separate bowls and she added them to make the dough.

The next day, in her pinkalicious tutu, J helped to roll out the dough and cut out the cookies.

She then decorated some of the cookies with the T version of M&M's (not quite the same) and T chocolate chips (which she munched on while I wasn't looking). We left some for frosting later.

They turned out cute. I just hope they are yummy since this is the first time I used T M&M's to decorate cookies.

Here are the frosted ones. She chose the colors. I love the tongue! She is really working hard.

We received some books from a family leaving the country. J wrote them a thank you note completely in the color.....pink!

We played Trim the Tree game. I found this game at Walking by the Way. You roll dice and cover the numbers. The one with the most markers on the board wins. It was a tie. This is good practice for J and her counting/addition skills.

The craft was a Christmas tree complete with glitter sequins. I glued it to a paper cup so it would stand up.

It will be a cute decoration on our table, out of the reach of Kaleb. It is beginning to look alot like Christmas around the apartment with all of our crafty things. Counting down......Happy Day!