Anteaters-in-Training

Last Sunday Alan and Ellen and the kids came to dinner. We had some pretty tasty beef fajitas, but the highlight of the evening was making cookies after dinner.
We got a very large package of bendy straws at Ikea. Grandpa put them in a very accessible spot and they are a popular item at our house. The kids like to try out several colors.
After dinner we got out the cookie dough that had been chilling in the fridge and the cookie cutters. I usually have three bowls for sprinkles. That way only a finite amount can be spilled or eaten straight and the tops don't get put in the cookies or the frosting or the mouth. It's not a perfect way, but it's OK. We were getting ready to roll out the dough, and Alice gave a bowl of sprinkles a good "blow" through a straw. Sprinkles flew. (I told you it wasn't a perfect system). She was pretty surprised, but I wasn't too concerned, since the whole kitchen usually gets decorated. Usually they lick their fingers so not one tasty sprinkle goes to waste. But this time was different. They each had their straws and were sucking up sprinkles. They had a great time. And they looked like a couple of little anteaters. In fact next time they want to make cookies with sprinkles, we could probably just pour sprinkles on the countertop and hand out straws. Little anteaters in training!