A few weeks ago, Kelly and I had the opportunity to babysit Ben again. You might remember when he stayed with us back in June. We always have so much fun when he comes over, and I always try to have something planned to keep him busy. I had seen a blog post on 'Christmas shaped crayons' and I knew this was something that would be right up Ben's alley (and mine too if we're being completely honest!)
LaLa and Chase were heading to a birthday party, so Ben was all ours for the night!
We got to work right away on the crayon project. Ben helped me peel off the crayon labels, and broke them in to pieces small enough to fit in the cookie tin. We let the crayons bake in the oven at 350 degrees for 8 minutes, and this is what they looked like when we pulled them out:
Of course, we had to let them cool....
So we took a few more pictures! 
After leaving the crayons in the fridge for a few minutes, we were able to take them out of the cookie tin and see what they looked like...
I bought him a coloring book to use, but he ended up taking it home with him because we were too busy watching Up and unwrapping Reese's Peanut Butter Cups for some cookies I was making for our Christmas celebration with my family the next day (recipe below). After he ate about 6 peanut butter cups, he had this snowman sucker to top him off! Needless to say, when LaLa and Chase picked him up, they had to scrape him off the ceiling!
And as a "thank you" gift for watching Ben, Lauren gave us this cute "O" ornament! Thanks, Lauren! We'll watch Ben anytime!
Recipe for mouth watering Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Peanut Butter Cookies (wow, that's a mouthful!):
1 bag Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
1 roll of Peanut Butter Cookie Dough
Preheat the oven to the temperature on the cookie dough package. Spray a mini cookie sheet with cooking oil, and fill the holes with the cookie dough. Bake for 2 minutes less than directed time on the package. This will keep your cookies from drying out. While the cookies are baking, unwrap all of the peanut butter cups. Once the cookies are finished, take them out and immediately place peanut butter cups in the middle of the cookies. The chocolate will begin to melt, but don't worry, once the cool they'll regain their shape.
They're best if you're able to snatch a few right out of the oven!
2 comments:
Ok, i want to be a kid that you and Kel babysit! You have the best craft ideas! That little munchkin is adorable especially in his A&M sweatshirt!
Awwwwwwwwwwww THE most precious!!! La La and Chase have a cutie! Mama
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