Obama grahams

I have to confess, I think every celebration is enhanced with cookies. Or, rather, when I want to celebrate something but can't think of a good way to do so, cookies are an easy answer.

I watched a bit of the Inauguration coverage yesterday and explained to the kids about the new president taking office. I thought I should probably do something to make the occasion more memorable for them while educating them at the same time.
I'm not very educationally-brained, but I am cookie-brained. So today I mixed up a batch of graham crackers (throw in a bit of whole wheat while we're educating) and we started making Obama cookies. I decided to cut out the center, I don't know why, but the kids liked the hole in the middle so we went with it. Less icing that way. I wasn't too careful about mixing or applying the icing, so I ended up with something less than my ideal, but that tends to happen with small children hanging on to your legs while you're working.
Tomorrow they get to cut and decorate the second half of the batch.
I have to say, I was pleased when my husband came home and my daughter explained about the cookies representing the new president starting his job.


Oh, and before you go thinking I'm original here (like I tend to do before realizing the rest of the world has already done the same thing I'm doing) check out this Flickr pool of over 200 Obama cookies and cupcakes. (I did happen to find these after I'd made our cookies).

Unrelated: I haven't been here in a while due to preparing for, traveling to, and participating in my sister's wedding. I hope to be more regular here now that we're home, but things are always more chaotic than I anticipate. I'll be here when I can and I thank you for stopping by!