This is going to be the week from you know where... we have Fabulous friday coming up and even though Im super excited for it Im also super stressed out as I am supposed to be in charge of it. So hopefully it all turns out and is a good time... we will see!
But here is my game plan for dinner this week
Monday - tacos
Tuesday - Asian Chicken Salads
Wednesday - Pizza Puffs
Thursday - Fried chicken with Tabasco Honey
Friday - Burgers (as I will be at Fab friday)
Saturday - Shrimp Stir Fry
Sunday - Left overs!
Wish me luck this week! I will for sure need it. My goal this week is to just survive!
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Christmas is coming!
Yes I am one of those people who is insanely in love with Christmas! Besides the snow, its wonderful! I plan for christmas pratically the entire year. And now that Halloween is about over its time for the hard core planning and prep to begin! I have nothing standing in my way now! Yippie!
So besides all the projects I am working on as gifts there are a few I have on the side. One is I want to do a 12 days of christmas crafts with Jaxon and Owen this year. So for the 6 weeks leading up to Christmas I am going to do a different craft on Tuesday and thursday. Its going to be awesome! here is my game plan
Nov 16 - Toilet paper roll snowmen
Nov 18- Snowflakes
Nov 23 - cards for Grandparents
Nov 25 - make your own gift wrap
Nov 30 - Picture frame for the picture with Santa
Dec 2 - Ornaments
Dec 7 - Letter to Santa
Dec 9 - Gift bags
Dec 14 - Gift Tags
Dec 16 - Make your own Christmas Crackers
Dec 21 - Cookies
Dec 23 - Chocolate Covered Pretzles!
I think it should be a good time! Anyone want to join in the fun?!?!
So besides all the projects I am working on as gifts there are a few I have on the side. One is I want to do a 12 days of christmas crafts with Jaxon and Owen this year. So for the 6 weeks leading up to Christmas I am going to do a different craft on Tuesday and thursday. Its going to be awesome! here is my game plan
Nov 16 - Toilet paper roll snowmen
Nov 18- Snowflakes
Nov 23 - cards for Grandparents
Nov 25 - make your own gift wrap
Nov 30 - Picture frame for the picture with Santa
Dec 2 - Ornaments
Dec 7 - Letter to Santa
Dec 9 - Gift bags
Dec 14 - Gift Tags
Dec 16 - Make your own Christmas Crackers
Dec 21 - Cookies
Dec 23 - Chocolate Covered Pretzles!
I think it should be a good time! Anyone want to join in the fun?!?!
Friday, October 29, 2010
Monkey Bread
I love to eat monkey bread... but I hate making it. It takes a long time. But I still make it because it is so worth it in the end. I just whine and complain the whole time Im making it! But there is rarely any left over once I serve them!
Give it a try when you have some time... all your little monkeys will love them... mine sure do... (ok Jaxon doesnt but thats because he wont eat things that make his hands sticky or dirty)
Monkey Bread
1 1/2 sticks butter, chilled (that equals 3/4 cups)
3 Tbsp maple Syrup
1/3 cup plus 2 Tbsp white sugar
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 Tbsp Ground Cinnamon
2 cups flour
1 tbsp baking powder
3/4 cup milk
2 tsp maple extract
1) Preheat over to 400 degrees
2) Combine the flour, baking powder and 2 tbsp of white sugar. Cut 1 stick of butter into small pieces and add to flour mixture until it resembles course crumbs.
3) Add Buttermilk and extract until the dough starts to come together. (it will be very sticky and I always have to mix with my hands)
4)in a microwave safe bowl melt 1/2 stick of butter. in another bowl combine 1/3 cup white sugar, brown sugar and cinnamon
5) pull off small sections of dough and roll until a ball. dip ball into butter and then into cinnamon sugar mixture. place into a muffin tin. It should take about 5 or 6 balls to fill a single muffin tin.
6) Bake for 15-20 minutes
7) remove from tins (good luck.. this always give me trouble) and top with Maple glaze
Maple Glaze
1 cup icing sugar
2 tbsp milk
1 tsp maple extract
combine all ingredients
Yeah I know it sounds like a pain... and it is... Im not going to lie to you. But its SOOOOOOO good! its worth it!
Give it a try when you have some time... all your little monkeys will love them... mine sure do... (ok Jaxon doesnt but thats because he wont eat things that make his hands sticky or dirty)
Monkey Bread
1 1/2 sticks butter, chilled (that equals 3/4 cups)
3 Tbsp maple Syrup
1/3 cup plus 2 Tbsp white sugar
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 Tbsp Ground Cinnamon
2 cups flour
1 tbsp baking powder
3/4 cup milk
2 tsp maple extract
1) Preheat over to 400 degrees
2) Combine the flour, baking powder and 2 tbsp of white sugar. Cut 1 stick of butter into small pieces and add to flour mixture until it resembles course crumbs.
3) Add Buttermilk and extract until the dough starts to come together. (it will be very sticky and I always have to mix with my hands)
4)in a microwave safe bowl melt 1/2 stick of butter. in another bowl combine 1/3 cup white sugar, brown sugar and cinnamon
5) pull off small sections of dough and roll until a ball. dip ball into butter and then into cinnamon sugar mixture. place into a muffin tin. It should take about 5 or 6 balls to fill a single muffin tin.
6) Bake for 15-20 minutes
7) remove from tins (good luck.. this always give me trouble) and top with Maple glaze
Maple Glaze
1 cup icing sugar
2 tbsp milk
1 tsp maple extract
combine all ingredients
Yeah I know it sounds like a pain... and it is... Im not going to lie to you. But its SOOOOOOO good! its worth it!
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Go Back to Bed
Go back to Bed by Ginger Fogleson-Guy is one of my son's current favorite book. I love reading it to him. So I dont mind that it has become a nightly thing. Its super cute. It's about a little boy who is told to go to bed but he keeps finding reasons to go back down stairs only to discover that his parents are doing some truly unbelievable things. (like baking, or sledding with penguins) It has a great rhyming scheme and Jaxon has taken to reciting the lines. (today I was making sugar cookies for his preschool class and he comes up to me and says "lets eat sugar cookies and stay up all night!") It made me laugh.
This was a book we had taken out of the library and then had to continually renew until I went and bought a copy of our own. He loves it that much! And Im glad he loves it. I will admit... I sometimes as him if we can read it as one of his bed time stories because I love it so much!
Im also biased to this book because the little boy (edwin dupree.. great name eh?) reminds so so much of Jaxon!
This was a book we had taken out of the library and then had to continually renew until I went and bought a copy of our own. He loves it that much! And Im glad he loves it. I will admit... I sometimes as him if we can read it as one of his bed time stories because I love it so much!
Im also biased to this book because the little boy (edwin dupree.. great name eh?) reminds so so much of Jaxon!
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Jellybeans
I have had theses done for a while and I kept them out saying that I was going to make black ones too... but its been weeks and I never make black ones and really what kid likes black jellybeans??? So I decided that the ones I have are good enough!
I think they are super cute!
I have now started on making Strawberries... and I have been busy working on the car mats. I am thrilled with how its all coming together! My house is a bit of a disaster though.. I should clean it. This is how I typically spend my day.. I do one chore and then spend some time on crafting... plus I need to do the mom thing too! but is seems to be working for me
I think they are super cute!
I have now started on making Strawberries... and I have been busy working on the car mats. I am thrilled with how its all coming together! My house is a bit of a disaster though.. I should clean it. This is how I typically spend my day.. I do one chore and then spend some time on crafting... plus I need to do the mom thing too! but is seems to be working for me
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
More Felt Food
I have been able to really get alot of this felt food done this week. As long as my boys keep sleeping through the night (knock on wood) Ill be able to stay up a little later and get some crafty time. Which I will need in order to get it all done!
This is what Ive been working on lately.
This is what Ive been working on lately.
Toast with Peanut Butter and Jam
(Ive seen this done with purple grape Jelly, but I like red Strawberry jam better!)
All the fixings for a black forest ham sandwich
Ham slices, lettuce, cheese slices, and tomatoe slices
The bread was the trickiest part to figure out... I took me some thought to figure out how to make it 3-D... but Im thrilled with how it turned out!
Monday, October 25, 2010
My Big Projects
Guess what... Christmas is just around the corner! AHHHHHH! Normally I have already finished my shopping by now... not this year.. I dont know where my head is at. But it hit me yesterday that Chrismas will be on me before I know it... so I have kicked my butt into gear and have been working frantically to get it all done. I have two HUGE projects to complete.
1) As any of you who follow this blog know I am making felt food for my boys and their cousins for christmas. I still have a huge list of items I hope to complete for then. (I am making a total of 5 sets of all the food I make 1 for my boys, 2 for the the 2 cousins and then 2 incase someone wants to buy some off me or incase I need a quick kid gift!) I have just finished making bread slices this afternoon... Ill post them tomorrow.. along with the PB and J and sandwich fixings I have busted out too!
2) This is the project giving me the most stress right now... I am attempting to make personalize car mats for both my boys for christmas (one for each of them!) This scares me because I dont sew... sewing machines scare me... I have one... but I have hidden it under my craft table and use it as a foot stool. But my awesome friend Chelsea gave me the idea and then I say it on http://www.homemadebyjill.blogspot.com/ and thought it was perfect for my boys since they are both obsessed with hot wheels. So I am working on it. In the last two days I have dedicated alot of time to it and have them both mapped out on paper (full size, 4 feetx3 feet) and made patterns for the buildings... next step to buy fabric... WHERE DO I BUY FABRIC?? how lame is that... I dont even know where to buy fabric... bahahaha... Im awesome arent I???
then of couse I have all my side projects... getting the scrapbooks up to date again, updated the journals, and I still want to make about 15-20 more cards for the 3 Cards for a year kits I am giving away at christmas....Oh did I mention that My bestest friend Leah is coming over on Wed morning to teach me to knit scarves... so Im sure Ill be trying to make a fw of those too!
To answer the question I know you are all thinking... NO I AM NOT CRAZY... ok I am... but its been a manic week... so I better make use of it.. Im hoping it sticks around!
What are you all working on???
1) As any of you who follow this blog know I am making felt food for my boys and their cousins for christmas. I still have a huge list of items I hope to complete for then. (I am making a total of 5 sets of all the food I make 1 for my boys, 2 for the the 2 cousins and then 2 incase someone wants to buy some off me or incase I need a quick kid gift!) I have just finished making bread slices this afternoon... Ill post them tomorrow.. along with the PB and J and sandwich fixings I have busted out too!
2) This is the project giving me the most stress right now... I am attempting to make personalize car mats for both my boys for christmas (one for each of them!) This scares me because I dont sew... sewing machines scare me... I have one... but I have hidden it under my craft table and use it as a foot stool. But my awesome friend Chelsea gave me the idea and then I say it on http://www.homemadebyjill.blogspot.com/ and thought it was perfect for my boys since they are both obsessed with hot wheels. So I am working on it. In the last two days I have dedicated alot of time to it and have them both mapped out on paper (full size, 4 feetx3 feet) and made patterns for the buildings... next step to buy fabric... WHERE DO I BUY FABRIC?? how lame is that... I dont even know where to buy fabric... bahahaha... Im awesome arent I???
then of couse I have all my side projects... getting the scrapbooks up to date again, updated the journals, and I still want to make about 15-20 more cards for the 3 Cards for a year kits I am giving away at christmas....Oh did I mention that My bestest friend Leah is coming over on Wed morning to teach me to knit scarves... so Im sure Ill be trying to make a fw of those too!
To answer the question I know you are all thinking... NO I AM NOT CRAZY... ok I am... but its been a manic week... so I better make use of it.. Im hoping it sticks around!
What are you all working on???
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