Welcome to the World!!

Please welcome the newest members of our family.....

From left to right....Little Miss Calie, Big Sissy Sam, and Little Mister Kain. Gorgeous & healthy! :) Hooray!!!!!

What? Only 139 Days Until Christmas?

Yes, it is true. Only 139 days until Christmas. And holiday pumpkin pies are on my mind! I baked the pumpkins, then I scooped the meat out, pureed it in my brand new food processor, bagged it up and put it in the freezer. Each bag has enough for two pies in it. Yum! I was going to make some pumpkin bread this evening but got busy and ran out of time. I have only done these two pumpkins so far and they made enough for 7 pies! WOW! I remember my Grandma Edna baking THE BEST pumpkin bread in coffee cans! I wish I had that recipe...does anyone have a good Grandma one?


This recipe ROCKS! It is battered jalapenos and oh man, are they good! I made them last night and served them with some cheesy queso dip. Delicious! You can find the recipe here. I am going to slice up some jalapenos to freeze to make this recipe later this winter. I think this would be a perfect way to use up frozen peppers, and freezing is so easy.

Grating up Zucchini to freeze, for the ducks. Let me ask you....how did I ever live without a food processor? Don't laugh...I have been grating zucchini by hand! With one of those flat cheese graters! Until I broke it while grating all that gosh darn zucchini! : ) LOL The thought of grating up a gazillion more pounds was just a little daunting, so I invested in this baby and it has already earned it's keep between the zucchini and the pumpkin! I can already think of a ton of uses for it. I have no idea, however, where I am going to store it!

Some of the peppers I canned today. More mild jalapenos and cherry peppers.

Knitted Babe momma and boy/girl twins I made for my niece's birthday. Tomorrow is her party and I am very excited to give them to her! I hope she likes them.

I hope you have a great weekend! :) Next week I think I'll do a Christmas Is A Craft update....How are you doing on your Christmas preparations?

The F Word..........Flubber!

Sisterly Love!

My youngest's birthday is this weekend. She's a Valentine's Day baby. I keep refering to her as my 5 year old, but she won't technically be 5 until Saturday. She is in that phase of numbers and ages...so she will tell you she is 4 and 11/12 or whatever she is for the moment and she is constantly asking us how old she is and 4 is never the answer she is happy with! 4 almost 5 doesn't count either! :) She wants specifics! Remember those days? Couldn't wait to grow up? Now I am just "30 something". Who cares! Age is just a number! You are only as old as you feel! :) Ahhh...to be 5 again. Or 4 and 11/12. ;)

Anyway, I made goody bags to send to her preschool class. Along with fruit rollups and a deflated balloon in each bag, we made a batch of flubber and put it in individual snack size ziplocks. This stuff is a blast! Our oldest kids as well as my hubby and I love playing with this stuff. I was too tired to take pictures of the process, but I wanted to share the recipe and pictures of the finished product.

FLUBBER

In one bowl mix:

1 1/2 cups warm water

2 cups of Elmer's white glue

Food coloring of choice

In another bowl mix:

1 1/3 cups warm water

2 level tsp Borax

After each bowl is mixed well, pour the first bowl's contents into the second bowl. Stir it around a bit. Then pull the blob of flubber out, there will be liquid left in the bowl, let the excess drip off and knead around on it a bit to work off any excess moisture. Then it is ready to play! Store in an air tight container.

I did put a sticker with the recipe on the bag for parents to know what is in it. I also added DO NOT EAT! on there too.... just in case.