alphabet..

We started homeschool (pre-k) for Kaleb a little over 2 weeks ago. It has been so much fun! Truly, I am enjoying it, and I think he is too. Tonight we made alphabet cookies. My mom found these cookie cutters at a garage sale for $.10 (thank you mom!). The whole family got in on it and it was so much fun. We'll be spelling our snacks. lol

The Ultimate Sugar Cookie Recipe

Ingredients:
1 1/4 c Sugar

1 c Butter Flavor Crisco

2 Eggs

1/4 c Light corn syrup

1 tbs Vanilla ( I substituted with lemon extract for a lemon flavor cookie)

3 c All-purpose flour

3/4 tsp Baking powder

1/2 tsp Baking soda

1/2 tsp Salt

Directions:
1. Heat oven to 375'F.2. Combine sugar and Butter Flavor Crisco in large bowl. Beat atmedium speed of electric mixer until well blended. Add eggs, syrupand vanilla. Beat well.3. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add graduallyto creamed mixture at low speed. Mix until well blended. Divide doughinto quarters. TIP If dough is too sticky/soft to roll, wrap eachquarter of dough with plastic wrap. Refrigerate 1 hour. Keeprefrigerated until ready to roll.4. Spread 1 tablespoon of flour os large sheet of waxed paper.5. Place a quarter of dough on floured paper. Flatten dough slightly,turn over, and cover with another sheet of waxed paper. Roll dough to1/4" thickness. Cut out with floured cutter. Transfer to ungreasedbaking sheet, 2" apart. Sprinkle with decors, or leave plain to frostwhen cooled.6. Bake at 375'F. for 5-9 minutes (bake smaller, thinner cut-outscloser to 5 minutes, larger cut-outs closer to 9 minutes).7. DON'T OVERBAKE. Cool 2 minutes on baking sheet. Remove to counter, cool, frost if desired.

Sincerely,

Michelle

interesting & free

I stumbled upon this magazine from a post over at Not Quite June Cleaver.

It's a great on-line magazine, filled with all kinds of wonderful how-to information, articles, and recipes. The current issues are free, and I believe back issues cost $3. If a have a few minutes hop over and check it out. You'll love it! :)

(click the pic to go to their site)

Thanks for checking in with me.

Sincerely,

Michelle

fun, simple, & cake

K3 is now 2.

We had a fun little party at my mom's house.

The whole family came over, and the cousins played in the water.

It was a great way to celebrate turning 2.

Thanks for checking in with me.
Sincerely,
Michelle

we found something better...

and had so much fun! This past Saturday we went out to find another cache. We went back to the old iron bridge, and didn't find anything. Then, we decided to try a local park. Another cache is reported to be around some old ruins they have in the park. When we got there, we found something so much better. They installed a water park area. It's attached to the old ruins..you walk through the ruins to get to the water fun! We had no clue it was there. They installed it this past May/June. It's all FREE and open to the public. Needless to say the boys didn't feel we needed to hunt for caches any longer. They went clothes and all and played in the water all afternoon. Dh ran to town to get hamburgers. We had a fun picnic and played in the water. When we finished there, the boys played at the playground.

What a fun day!!

We are truly loving this cache hunting thing! We've discovered our little town has much more than it appears to have. :)

Thank you so much for checking in with me.

Sincerely,

Michelle

PS. If you can not view the slideshow below you can

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our first geocaching adventure...

(this was taken under the bridge..sorry it's blury..used my phone to take the pic)

This adventure took us to the old iron bridge we have locally. It was built in 1904, and if you stand on it while a car or truck goes by, it gives you a good shake and wobble!

Sadly, we didn't find the cache, but we're going back Saturday with K1 and her BFF to look again!

This is such a fun thing to do. It's free, and it involves the family. Love it!

I'll be sure to report when we actually find a cache. lol We have 4 on our list to find for Saturday. Hopefully we'll find at least 1. ROFL! :)

Thanks for checking in with me.

Sincerely,

Michelle