Friday, September 2, 2011

A Sweet Tradition

When I had my first baby, my sister-in-law brought a couple dozen homemade chocolate chip cookies along with a little card to set out in my post-partum room. The card thanked the doctors and nurses for taking such good care of me. It got a huge positive response, and several of the nurses would just drop in to grab a cookie. It was also nice to have something sweet to offer all of our visitors.

It's become somewhat of a tradition in my circle of friends and family, and I loved sharing it with a friend who just had her second baby recently. Since she loves, loves, loves all things s'mores, I went with that theme. I made Golden Graham s'mores bars inspired by this recipe, cut them into 2" squares, stuck them in a plastic bag, and tied it with an "It's a Girl!" ribbon. I printed the sign above, and stuck everything in a cute gift bag for her to carry to the hospital. This might be one of my very favorite baby-related traditions now!

3 comments:

Amanda @ Gratefully Growing in Grace said...

This is a fantastic idea and the s'more treats fit so perfectly.

Erin said...

I did this for a friend and thought it was such a fun/thoughtful idea. I posted the recipe on my blog today, with links back to your blog. I hope that's okay! If it isn't, let me know and I'll remove the links!

Alicia said...

It is absolutely okay. Thanks, Erin!