Head scratchers

We had a few head scratching moments here tonight. I decided to let the kids decorate some sugar cookies. I explained to them that often, when creating a piece of visual art, less is, in fact, more. I showed them an example (note my tasteful use of pink and purple sugar for the dress and some candies for the facial features):

Here was Danny's first cookie. He started off nicely with some green sugar for the wreath and some red for the bow. Then, he went completely berserk with the "ornaments" as he called them:

And here was Ben's. Okay, seriously, what is that, like 20 chocolate chips?:

Neither of them seemed to grasp the minimalist approach.



Corinne wasn't sure what to think of any of it:


Here they are. I would not eat one of these for a million dollars:

And, now for the last moment of confusion. I was wrapping presents and stepped into the other room to get a bow. When I came back, Ben had unrolled an entire roll of paper and said, "Take this back. There's nothing in it."