Spring has Sprung! (April 2014)

Finally the snow is melting and the flowers are starting to bloom!  

My daughter had her Spring Program from preschool, and I didn't want to show up empty-handed.  This time I had my daughter give me suggestions for which cookies to create for the occasion.  Both kids have been singing a new favorite spring song from preschool: 

"Spring has sprung.  The birds are here.  Listen to them singing..."  

So, it was unanimous...spring birds and especially robins.
 

 

I had purchased a momma and baby bird cookie cutter set a few months ago, which I knew would be perfect for these cookies (and I loved that they came with their own "mini" option).  Lizy B had some very cute bird designs I had spotted on Pinterest awhile back, so I just adapted the colors and added red bellies for the robins. 

Lizy B also had a cute spring tree design that I wanted to try.  But instead of piping on all the blossoms individually, I added little quins from a recent purchase I had made on Etsy.  (So, I guess that impulse-buy came in handy.)  In addition, I adapted a design from East Coast Cookies for the birdhouses, also adding the quins for continuity.  To add them, I just sprinkled them onto the somewhat hardened 20-second icing, and then shook off the excess.  (Much easier than piping on flowers I might add!)

 I placed one birdhouse, one tree, and several birds, mini birds, and flowers into cellophane bags for each of my daughter's teachers.

And I made several plates of cookies for all the teachers to share, since they all deserve a treat.

The program was an absolute delight to watch as a parent.  My daughter was very into it.  The kids entered the room waving American flags and singing a song that they had learned back on President's Day.  Not only was my girl singing the loudest, but she was full-on marching.  I love how there is such little inhibition at her age.  I almost died when the teachers asked the kids to sing louder at one point in the program...the veins in my daughter's neck were popping out!  

Love her. :)

Thank goodness spring is finally here!