lunch n’ read :: ladybug style

I signed up last week to be the lunch n’ read parent in Hunter’s class.  It was a great idea when I signed up and the date worked perfectly.

That is, until a trip I had planned for Thursday, got bumped to Wednesday … the day I signed up to read to Hunter’s class.

Oh! and I should mention, some overachiever parent at some point, decided to “theme” the snack with the book.  Promise it wasn’t me.  But given that I’m not one to fold my cards … I like to raise the ante every now and again.  {and please … I realize that was just a lot of big talk from me!}

Okay … so Hunter and I pick Ladybug Girl to read to her class {the book was in her backpack.  at school.  so this photo was taken with ladybug girl & bumblebee boy.  also an awesome read btw} and I thought we could make some cute ladybug cookies to bring for snack.

Well, I procrastinated and never looked up recipes one thing after another happened and I wasn’t able to actually make the cookies with her.  And … I ended up having to schedule an appointment the morning I was reading to her class, so that gave me about a 40 minute window to rush home, whip up a masterpiece some cookies and get to lunch at her school.

I did finally look up a couple of recipes and found this super cute one, but I knew I wouldn’t have time to pull it off.  So what did I do?  What any wannabe overachieving caring mother would do … I improvised.

So here’s the low-down:

• you take your basic Oreo cookie
• your already mixed red frosting {in a pouch}
• a bag of mini chocolate chips
• a bag of gumdrops
• and a bag of twisty licorice {black would be better, but I waited too long to couldn’t find it}
• and toothpicks {be sure to warn teacher of toothpicks}

Assembly:
Squeeze the frosting onto cookies, then go back through and “slice” a line down the middle to emulate wings.  Then put 2 or 3 chocolate chips on both wings.  Put a toothpick towards the bottom of the gumdrop and poke into the frosting middle of the Oreo.  Then take the licorice and pull apart into 1 inch pieces and sort of just push them onto the gumdrop … surprisingly, they stuck!  And waa-la!  I seriously got this done in about 20 minutes.

Whadda think?  Mom-of-the-year? ;)