I came back in the living room today after washing dishes and I found that Neil's hair looked kind of funny. After closer look, someone had put Vaseline all over his hair and slicked it up. After asking who did that. Katie Sue said Nathan, but her hands told a different story lol! If you click on the picture you can see it better.
Here is part two in my Christmas Baking Series: Fudge. Fudge is considered candy but I want to do a separate post about fudge because it is my favorite of all the holiday baking. My mom could never make fudge so it was something that I really wanted to perfect because I love it! Fudge also makes a GREAT holiday gift! I also have an EASY fudge recipe for all my blogger friends who do not enjoy cooking! 
It's that time of year that I start deciding what kinds of things I will be making for my holiday baking this year. Usually it is the same things. I have a green notebook that I keep all of my Christmas recipes in and each recipe is in a plastic cover. I have had my notebook for about 4 years and it just makes it easier to find all my recipes in one place. I do like to do a lot of holiday baking. I use lots of it for gifts. Cookies are one thing that people really enjoy getting. Here are some great places to find cookie recipes on the web in case you are thinking about making some cookies:
A friend of mine showed me this super easy No Sew Bandana Purse. This is what I am making for the cousins for Christmas this year. It's not only easy, but super cheap! There is also a link on there for making other crafts out of bandanas. They look like a lot of fun for kids to do.
Renee posted on her blog the song from this movie and a link to watch the whole movie on You tube. If you have not watched this movie it is so good! But I warn you, you will cry! I think this is going to be a book that I want to read. This movie makes me think about how important family really is and how important it is to make them a priority in our lives!
The next book that I read on my fall reading list was The Parting by Beverly Lewis. I am a big fan of Beverly Lewis. I have read and LOVED all her books and it is unusual for me to say I did not like a book that I chose to read, but I really did not think this was one of her better books. The story is about Nellie Mae whose Amish community is being split in two. Some community members want to start studying scripture and believe they are "saved" and others want to have more modern conveniences like tractors. Nellie Mae is caught in the middle because her father wants to read scripture and believes he is "saved." Nellie Mae is courting a guy whose family is on the other side. Nellie Mae knows that neither family will let them be together after the split. Basically that is what this book is about. While it bored me at times and did not seem to go fast enough for me, like most Beverly Lewis novels do, I will continue reading the series to see what happens.
A friend of mine showed me this super easy No Sew Bandana Purse. This is what I am making for the cousins for Christmas this year. It's not only easy, but super cheap! 
My first baby turned 8 yesterday. Sometimes I wonder where the time went! He is in a soldier phase right now. He wants to be a soldier in a war, no less. He says that is what he wants to be when he grows up. Here are some pictures from his birthday which we had after the Thanksgiving meal. Poor child, every so many years, he has to share his birthday with the turkey. He really did not seem to mind though!
Aren't we allowed to just ramble on our blogs every now and then? Well, I am going to warn you this is a huge ramble just of things I want to put down! So here goes!
Neil is growing all too quickly! Where has this year gone? He wants to be down all of the time and can stand on his own for a little while and is really trying to walk. He can wear 12 month shirts now, but I guess he is short because he has to have 6-9 month pants. He does this really cute thing with his nose. I call it, "crinkling his nose." It is so cute. He usually does it first thing when he sees you, but he can do it when he is mad too. He has also started eating table food. At our Thanksgiving dinner at church, he ate mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, and bread and LOVED it. Oh and he ate some pumpkin pie too.
Nicholas is my child that I worry about. He wants more time with us than we have time to give to him. The person he wants all the time is daddy. Daddy is one busy man, if you do not know that, but he still tries to spend 1 hour a night with him and Nicholas wants so much more. My other children are so far apart in age from him that he has a hard time playing with them or he hurts them while playing with them. I have been reading with Nicholas every night, we have read lots of books together and we get to just talk. He still is having problems with acting out sometimes, but I think he is getting better. He has also decided that he wants to be a soldier when he grows up. As a parent that makes me sad, but I really do not think he knows what all goes into being a soldier. He just likes the outfit and that he gets to carry a gun. He just won't listen to us when we tell him how bad being in a war really is, yes he wants to be in a war. Like I said he is my child that I worry about.
Last night I made the Sweet Potato Fries. They were really different but good, I would try them again. I found some yams for 25 cents a pound so I wanted to try something else with that good of a deal. The Hamburgers were really good too. We tried the Sara Lee Wheat buns. Too good! today I am finally going to make the Potato Soup. We have had it before so I know it is good! Yeah I know I am changing my menu around a little, but I forgot to lay the chicken out last night and I want the Potato Soup. lol.
My menu for the week:
My kids love these for lunch, they are super easy!
Peanut Butter and Jelly Surprise Muffins
Does the Halloween stash look like this at your house? With 4 kids we got a lot and I want to get rid of it all! Throw it away! Until I saw this post from Mommy Cooks. I thought maybe you all could use it too! She has several nice recipes that you could use up that Halloween candy! I'm adding some to go along with hers! Enjoy!
I am so tired, but I got a lot done! I have made a goal to get both my kid rooms cleaned and organized by before Christmas. Today I started that adventure. I have come to the conclusion that my kids have way too many toys. Where do I put them all? We have not only Christmas, but Birthdays too. So, I know they are going to be getting new stuff. So, I got rid of a whole lot of stuff that I am taking to Mountain Mission tomorrow! The twins room is organized. How long it will stay that way, I am not for sure? I am going to try to have pick up times throughout the day and hope it stays that way. Do any of you have the Little People play sets. We have the farm, the house, Noah's Ark, the circus, the bus, and the Zoo. There are just too many parts to keep up with for all of those play sets. I decided to keep them up and just get them out every now and then, although they do play with them all of the time! The room is totally clean. Nathan will not keep his bed made and he wants to put the rug on his bed lol! But it is clean. Now I have to get the closet cleaned out and the room will be cleaned. Note, most of the stuff in the closet is mine that needs to be moved! Then I move on to my oldest son's room. He again just has too much stuff, so I am going to get rid of some stuff in there too. So, if you do not see me for awhile that is because I am busy.
Dinners for the week:
5 Minutes For Mom is giving away lots of great prizes before Christmas. They are giving away something everyday. I signed up for several things so far. Spiderman pack, diaperbag etc. Go check it out and see if anything sounds good to you!
I was tagged for this awhile back by Renee. So here goes!
Butterscotch Blondies
Well, I added this book onto my reading list for the fall. I have checked it out three times but I have only been reading it for a week. I added it because everyone said this series was so good that it was a page turner. Well, I have been struggling with it. I will finish it, but the chapters are so long. It takes all my reading time to get through maybe one chapter so things are going slow. I have gotten through the fourth chapter and it is not bad, I just don't see where it is going fast enough. I usually like most books I pick to read, this is just going to take a little longer. Hopefully, in the next week i will be done with it.
Here are my meals for the week:
These bar cookies are so good!
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