One more week until Graduation Day for my senior! We’ve already had a school wide awards ceremony, senior breakfast at church and Baccalaureate. This week is a year end band concert, another night will be an awards ceremony. The senior picnic is tomorrow down on Mobile Bay, and another senior breakfast preceding cap and gown pick-up will be at the end of the week. Senior recognition Sunday is next week at church. I must remember to get film for the camera! (That’s what my Mother always said).
Oh . . . they are also taking final exams.
I’m not very organized, because I am also trying to focus on packing my son up to leave home THE DAY AFTER GRADUATION!!! (sob).
He has a fabulous job at an out of state summer camp he loves. So, what’s a Mom to do? He’ll have a great time and then pretty much, go straight to college in the fall. He’s not packed yet, but  the good news is . . .
The graduation cookies are ready to go!
Last week, I showed you this prep work. Mixing the dough, rolling, cutting, baking and icing.
I think I did about 200 caps, gowns and diplomas.
Sometimes, I use a pastry bag to edge and add details, which is more exact and neater, but I was in an artsy mood and wanted the cookies to have more of a “painted” look.
To decorate these, I added the highlight colors with a regular old table knife while the base icing was still wet. It gave them more of a swirled and abstract look.
For the word “Diploma,” I used a food coloring pen. I’ve already given out bags to two different school groups, one church group and have one more “friend” group to go. That’s a lot of blue tongues for the senior class of 2014!
Now, to figure out how I can go to camp with him.
Take a look at this Pinterest page for great Graduation and general party ideas.
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