Cookie assistant

Aunt Betty came over on Sunday to help me decorate Valentine's cookies. John and Daddy decided they would build Legos all day. Gillian, on the other hand, told me "I's going to help you. I do the sprinkles!" When Aunt Betty arrived, Gillian squirmed into her lap and refused to move. Again she told us "I can help!" Aunt Betty decorated a few cookies with Gillian sitting in her lap and then she moved to another seat. She then iced a cookie for Gillian to decorate. Gillian was very precise with her placement of the sugar hearts. 

After adding the sugar hearts, Gillian decided that the cookie needed sprinkles too! Pink of course. Gillian was happy to help decorate that one cookie but that didn't stop her from critiquing our work. If we decorated a cookie with just icing she would say "You forgot sprinkles!" If we asked her what color to use she would say "Pink!"  

I iced a cookie for Gillian to decorate. She decided to use white pearls on it, but initially wanted to use my tweezers. I told her to just use her fingers because it was hard to use the tweezers. She did a great job. 

I asked her what she wanted to use next, sugar or sprinkles. 

She decided to use pink sugar. 

Gillian decorated a beautiful cookie. She also helped Aunt Betty with another cookie. Below are her finished cookies. 

I think she is going to be a great cookie artist!