Saturday

Our weekend plans were changed when Evie came down with another (another!) stomach bug on Friday. She was pitiful all weekend, but her fever is gone and she's finally up and playing some now. Nate had been asking to make heart shaped cookies for a few days, so Saturday morning was the perfect time to let him.

It was also a good opportunity to talk to Nate about some friends in Iraq who provide lifesaving heart surgeries for babies in Iraq. Our Father's Day gift to Stephen was to help save the life of one of these babies. You can read more about it here.

Yes, he chose to make pink icing.

 Nate has always been very particular, so he did a good job of not making a mess with the icing.

 I thought Stephen was supervising, but I turned around to see him taking pictures of Nate licking the knife instead of telling him not to!

While we made cookies Evie just laid in the chair. So sad!

**I'm adding one more thing to this post. I'm not a sugar cookie lover, but the recipe for this one really is the best. A year ago, my sister baked 250+ of these cookies and we spent hours decorating them as a favor for her wedding. I'm sad we don't have any pictures of all those cookies! After trying a few different recipes in preparation for that, this recipe for the cookies and this recipe for the icing were far better than the rest. And because Nate was so anxious to cut the hearts out, I didn't chill the dough, but the cookies still kept their shape really well. Highly recommended for your next sugar cookie bake-a-thon!