Red, White and (a) New (Blog Post)

I can't even begin to think of how I'm going to catch you up with all the goings-on around here. Man, my head is spinning just thinking about how much I have to share with you.

For starters, we're still celebrating the Fourth of July around here, so I'm going to share a patriotic snack. (Just ignore the fact that the kids and I actually made this for Memorial Day, as well as the fact that the Fourth was yesterday, and we'll all pretend that I'm finally getting my blogging act together.)

Since Daniel was working for Memorial Day, the kids and I baked up some cookies to deliver to him in celebration. We thought it just didn't seem right that an actual veteran was sitting at work while we enjoyed the holiday. The cookies probably didn't make up for the 12 hour shift he had that day, but I'm sure it didn't hurt.

It was a bit unseasonal to buy patriotic sprinkles, so we mixed up our own from a few bottles of clear, read and blue. And, the best part about these cookies was the surprise in the "sprinkles" - Pop Rocks!


Food coloring in the dough helped increase the patriotic theme, and sandwiching the cookies together with homemade cream cheese icing helped increase the yummy theme.


Some patriotic outfits and dimples completed the cuteness theme.


(We snagged this recipe from CakeSpy.)