Pour Some Sugar On Me

I was a baking FOOL yesterday. Lemon bars, sugar cookies, white fudge, haystacks, saltine cracker toffee, and a gingerbread house! Bill's Mom got me the Pampered Chef kit and assured me that it was very easy. She was right. The dark picture is of CC's Christmas pageant, it was so cute. We are all excited to see Clint and Jill tomorrow morning!

Another Brick In The Wall

I made my last trip to the mall yesterday!! I take that back, we still have to take the kids to sit on Santa's lap, or do we? I noticed on the freeway yesterday that cars were driving at a normal speed and not tailgating, very unusual. Then I realized it was because of the rain. SoCal is scared of driving in the rain! I think we did a pretty good job of not over doing the kids Christmas presents this year. Nothing makes you feel like an ugly American like forbidding your kids to play with their new toys until they open more new toys. So, here goes the song title tie in story.....CC and O can be ridiculously picky eaters. I usually do everything all of the parenting books tell you not to do (think short-order cook) Every once in awhile we all sit down to the same meal (no sauce, no food groups touching) on this night the kids were still giving us a hard time. So out of frustration and without thinking of Pink Floyd, I shouted across the table "How do you expect to eat your pudding if you can't eat your meat!" Bill and I had a good laugh.
Here is an Ohio recipe for the best dip ever.
Let's call it Mexican Dip.
2 cup mayo
1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
1 small can mexicorn
1 cup colby jack
1 six oz. jalapenos (drained)
mix together, pie plate, bake at 350 degrees 20 to 30 minutes
serve with tortilla chips
You will not be disappointed. I miss eating it with my Buckeye friends.

Another One Bites The Dust

Tooth #2 goes bye bye......CC and kitty having fun?.....CC giving gnomie some love.....Owie gets an award..... Christmas card teaser.......

Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree

It was Owen's turn to put on the tree topper this year. This tradition may look a little silly when O is twelve. I forgot how much fun it is to have a kitty and a Christmas tree, she climbed all the way to the top of it yesterday. We will be lucky if there are any needles on this thing by Dec. 25th. I went back and looked at our tree decorating from last year. I would not have belived that we would be spending our next Christmas in California, life is unpredictable. Or maybe this family is crazy, probably a little of both.