cookie cutter sandwiches

Over the holidays, we had lots of fun baking and decorating holiday cookies.  When it was time for lunch, it was ham sandwiches, chicken soup and one of the pretty over-frosted over-candied cookies Christopher and his friends decorated.

Christopher had been craving a ham sandwich ever since he had to have lunch with his teacher. (Let's not get into the reason WHY he had to have lunch with Ms. Bethany...) He said she had a ham sandwich for lunch and he wanted to have a ham sandwich too.

My issue with sandwiches is the bread. Two slices just seems like too much bread for a kid. After I toasted the bread and cut the crusts off (following the mandatory "no crust" rule of my little dictator), I noticed how soft the inside of the bread still was.  So, I split the bread into 2 by slicing it through the middle -- like a pita pocket, to make lovely thin toast for his sandwich. They made for easy cutting with the cookie cutters and Christopher was a great little helper making the sandwiches too! I think I owe Ms. Bethany a thank you for this one!

   

Here are a few of the cookies the kids made. I like the angel that looks like Mr. Bill from SNL.