Tuesday, 13 May 2008

SPT: Something New

Mother's Day morning as I headed downstairs for breakfast and presents (we don't do breakfast in bed - Ken thinks the idea is disgusting), anyhow, just before I went down Ken said to me, "I'm going to be interested in what Chloe says when you open the gift she chose for you. I don't know if there's a reason behind it or if it was just random." Hmmm.
I was delighted to open a new ice cream scoop from Chloe. I said, "Thank you so much for the new ice cream scoop, Coco." Steven answered for her, "It's not an ice cream scoop it's a cookie scoop!"
A-ha! I use a small cookie dough scoop for hands free cookie making. My new ice cream scoop is exactly the same shape as my cookie dough scoop, only 4 times larger!
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"We've grown bigger, we need bigger cookies!"
(subtle hidden message behind gift)
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Happy Mothers Day, Mom!

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Right back at ya, kids!
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31 comments:

Marie said...

Those are huge cookies. I didn't know kids gave gifts with subtle hints when they were only six. Apparently, her hint worked out for her!

Bren's Life said...

Now that's a cookie after my own heart.. I would of thought it was a ice cream scooper too.. And what a good mom you already made cookies with it!

Dacia said...

That is so cute! I just love gifts from kids and their reasoning behind it. Those are my kind of cookies!

Neighbor Jane Payne said...

Point well taken, Barb! How much longer did you have to increase the baking time?

Humphreys Family said...

Great idea Chloe!! I'm sitting here wondering why i didn't think of that before. She's one smart cookie.

Melanie said...

Those cookies are huge, I guess I still have little ones, but a cookie like that would have them wired for a week, (and loving every minute of it)

Michelle Alley said...

Wow, look at al those chocolate chips in t hose cookies - they look amazing! cute photo below of chloe!

Holly said...

Oh my! Those are some serious looking cookies from a ginormous scoop. Love their logic, since they are getting bigger and all...

Barb said...

Jane: only 5 minutes more cooking time.
Christy: if you had a blog I would work really hard to leave you cute comments like you leave me!

Ortensia Norton said...

I LOVE CHLOE!!! THat is the greatest response. She is so funny!

Amy said...

I'm a big cookie scoop fan myself, but definitely have nothing that size. The last picture made me smile. Yum!

Courtney said...

HOLY. MOLY. Those are some giant yummy cookies! I love gifts that give back...what a smart "cookie" you have!

Denise said...

Okay, now *that* is cute! Clever gift, thoughtful child, and hey, they got cookies out of it. BIG cookies. Perfect!

melanie said...

Oh so cute! The cookies look good right about now. Love your smart kids.

Jeanette said...

That's so cute, and those cookies look so good! I love my cookie scoop. I've got the big one too. I use it to make cupcakes and muffins, but after seeing your awesome looking giant cookies, I think I'll use it for that too.

michelle said...

Nice! You've gotta love someone who can take a hint...

Anonymous said...

That is so funny! I love those big cookies, smart kids. :-)

The Monkeys said...

Wow, I think I might just only eat one cookie, if I made them that big! What a good mommy you are to already have made wonderful, gigantic cookies with your gift!

Alisa said...

LOVE IT!-
I love the thinking on this-
and that you made the cookies.
You will now probably always need to make at least 3 giant cookies whenever you make a batch!

April said...

Brilliant girl.

"Love and logic" at its finest.

All the other kids are wondering why they didn't think of this earlier.

Lene said...

Wow. That is an awesome scoop. Who wouldn't love a cookies as big as that?

Anonymous said...

That is seriously one of the coolest gifts. Really thoughtful- even if they were thinking about their cookies! You look fantastic!

Laurie said...

Nice! I'm loving the size of those cookies. Good thinking Chloe, and great self-portrait Barb!

Anonymous said...

Chloe is hilarious. I love that she even thought of that. Steven's face in the cookie picture is also hilarious.

I had to laugh at Ken's disdain for breakfast in bed. So him.

nic said...

That Chloe is a clever girl! Well done.

jenny said...

Now those are some cookies. They look like the professional ones! Yummy.

Tiffany said...

What a sweet, thoughtful, smart girl--so fun!

I don't use my "ice cream scoop" for ice cream--I've also made cookies with it--and use it for cupcake/muffin batter like jeanette mentioned.

Happy Mother's Day!

Price Cream Parlor said...

Cute! I use a 1/4 cup for my giant cookies - but an ice cream scoop is brilliant! I, too use a smaller scooper for my little cookies!
I love the hint and I love that you made your littles cookies with your gift!

Katie A. said...

I love it! Using a scoop for cookie dough is a great idea...using a huge scoop for huge cookies is an even better idea!!

Anonymous said...

Wow! Great Scoop idea. I need a new one. Extra large cookies are something I know my children would love.

Unknown said...

so, did they eat the same number of cookies?? i can only imagine how much dough you could go through with that scoop!