Our girls recently had a birthday and were spoiled with all kinds of fun gifts from the grandparents, aunts, and uncles. Toys have come a long way since we were kids. Cupie dolls . Need I say more? One gift that all the kids wanted to play with right out of the gate was a miniature kitchen aid mixer. I couldn't blame them. When I got the real thing, I think I used it to mix everything I ate for the first week, right down to my milk and cereal. The girls set to work immediately, making cookies out of strips of paper, string, and water. After a good and thorough mixing, they placed the batter in mounds on a cookie sheet and set it in the oven drawer to "bake." It didn't take long, and they were pulling them out of the oven. Unfortunately, I was a little slow on the draw. I saw Emerson chewing a mouthful of red string, which she claimed was her cookie, and made her spit it out. Carter, unfortunately, had more paper than string and was able to swallow befor