Blanket

This one is for you Cas and C. I FINALLY finished the blanket. :) I really like the way it turned out, thanks for your help sisters!

Proud Mommy moment

Just a proud Mommy moment,-Drake drew this picture last night. He told me it was a frog. I have to say I am pretty impressed!

My New Hair Cut

S'more Sticks

I made a fun s'more treat for an after school snack yesterday, but Half-pint snubbed it before I even had it finished, so I decided to take it to the families I visit teach instead.

S'mores for summer...can't think of anything better!

I got the recipe from the Pampered Chef Causal Cooking cookbook.

I used a different shaped pan than what the recipe called for-the following recipe reflects what I did. Double the recipe for 9 x 13 pan (that's what I used).

Crispy S'more Treats

2 1/2 Cups cocoa-flavored sweetened rice cereal

6 whole (about 5 x 2-inch) graham crackers, coarsely chopped

3 Tablespoons butter or margarine

2 Tablespoons packed brown sugar

3 1/2 Cups mini marshmallows, divided

3/4 Cup chocolate morsels

Spray a 9 x 9 pan with cooking spray. Place cereal in a large bowl. Coarsely chop graham crackers; add to cereal and set aside.

Melt butter with brown sugar over low heat, stirring occasionally. Add 2 1/2 cups marshmallows; stir until melted. Remove from heat. Add cereal mixture, stir until well coated. Stir in remaining 1 cup marshmallows.

Place mixture immediately into prepared 9 x 9 pan and press down evenly. Cool completely.

Invert cool pan onto large cutting board, and with a serrated (or electric) knife, slice into sticks (about 4 x 1 1/2 inches).

Melt chocolate morsels in double boiler, and stir until smooth. Dip s'more sticks in melte

d chocolate-using a rubber spatula to gently remove excess chocolate. Allow to cool on wax paper. Sprinkle chocolate sprinkles on top if desired.

Car Seat Canopy

This is the car seat canopy that I just finished for our new baby. Sorry there are so many pictures but this way you can see all the work I did! Hope you like it!

Delicious dinner

I loved what I ate last night.
Soybeans, fresh zucchini, mushrooms, onions,snow peas and walnuts in a stir fry.  Yumee!

I ended the day with cottage cheese and tomatoes.  Cami thought it was disgusting but I think it is delicious and much better than a bowl of ice cream.  Besides the taste, I like that the cottage cheese is a good source of protein which I am often lacking.

I didn't exercise very hard for the last two days, a 30 min bike ride on Wed and 30 min walk on Thursday but I am getting ready to go hit the hills on my bike right now.

How are you doing Jen?

I was thinking this morning how good I feel without eating the garbage!

Scrap Color Book

One of the most recent projects has been a scrap color book. See the photos below...

Peewee-pint was "helping" me take the photos, hence his head in some of the pictures!