Cookie drama

So I just have to share about the drama/trauma that sometimes occurs when Emily eats cookies. First of all, she loves cookies and sometimes asks for one half way through breakfast (the daughter of her mother!). She also knows exactly where the complimentary cookie tray is at the Denver Savings Bank. We walk there a couple times a week to make campaign deposits and she always gets one. I learned the hard way to always make sure to pick one without any chocolate. :o)

One of the reasons why is because Emily's current cookie-eating technique is to hold it up to her mouth and basically suck on it to create a U-shaped "bite". Of course, the cookie eventually starts to break up, in which case she proceeds to shove the entire thing into her mouth--usually producing hilarious chipmunk cheeks. Then she realizes how messy her hands are and needs them to be wiped off--fast!

Yesterday I made giant monster cookies while Emily was napping. She must have smelled them, because she was asking for one before I even got her out of her crib. Since the cookie was large and fresh from the oven it didn't take long before it started to fall apart. This greatly distressed Emily, and she threw a fit when her cookie crumbled on the table and she discovered her hands were covered with melted chocolate. "Wipe!" She eventually consumed most of the cookie after I broke it up into small bite-size pieces and convinced her that it was okay to eat it that way even though it didn't look like a cookie anymore.

The other problem with monster cookies is that she often wants to eat the M&M's first, so her other approach is to try and "bite" them out, regardless of location. It usually doesn't work very well, she gets mad and throws it down, and I get annoyed that she wasted a perfectly good monster cookie on Cheney! I think from now on we'll try and stick with the small ginger cookies straight from the freezer... ;o)