I can’t believe I have a second grader. As I was leaving the classroom this morning, something happened for the first time … she didn’t want to kiss me in front of the other students. Sigh.
{1st Day of 2nd Grade}
I thought by now, I would have it down. But, it doesn’t get easier. I miss her. Carter and I are both counting down the minutes for pick-up, I’m so anxious to hear every detail about her day!
We have a little tradition for the first day of school. Nothing big or life-changing, but we started with preschool and it has stuck. We make homemade chocolate chip cookies and serve them on a special plate, which she only uses on the first day of school.
She wouldn’t kiss me this morning, but she did ask if there would be homemade chocolate chip cookies on her plate 🙂
I never had a great chocolate chip cookie recipe, until I met my husband. My mother-in-law introduced me to her very own prize-winning homemade recipe. Here it is:
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter at room temperature
6 Tablespoons granulated sugar
6 Tablespoons brown sugar
1 egg
1 cup, plus 2 Tablespoons sifted flour
1/2 teaspoon soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon hot water
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 – 6oz package semi-sweet chocolate chips (or you can also use Hershey’s milk chocolate chips)
Preheat oven to 350. Blend butter with granulated sugar and brown sugar until well blended. Add well-beaten egg. Sift flour, soda and salt in separate bowl. Add flour mixture to butter-sugar mixture. Add hot water and vanilla. Add chocolate chips. Drop by 1/2 teaspoons on cookie sheet. Bake 10-12 minutes. Cool slighty, then remove cookies and put on rack to cool. When cool, store in container with tight lid.*
*A great tip from my mom — Put a piece of bread in the bottom of the air-tight container. It will keep your cookies extra soft.
So, after we enjoy our cookies, she has requested grilled tilapia for dinner. She is keeping me busy today!
Do you have any traditions for the first day of school?