What is Green, Short and only comes around 3 days a year???

TOAD SUCK DAZE!!!

Yep, in one week the center of Conway will be mostly populated with green slimy amphibians know as Toads. If you see one around your house put it in a box (make sure you put holes in the box) and bring it down town to race all the other toads.

This is a weekend where Calories DO NOT COUNT!!! So pick your stick of choice and eat something on it. I love the chocolate covered bananas and might even venture out and get some candy bar deep fried.

I will say that I have a shirt from every year since this festival started in 1982 (my birth year). I am making a quilt to display them because I certainly cannot wear them anymore.

Both of my children have the same fashion and will get a quilt one day.

Have a great weekend!!!

Erin

Spring Time Is Coming!!!

Since there was one beautiful weekend of spring like weather. Patrick decided to plant a flower bed. Even though he picked the weekend with 50 degree weather.

This is what we started with.

Tada...

I will give him credit for all the work.

Even though he is OCD about lines.

So after he dug all day in the flower bed I decided to grill out. I was surprized that I didn't burn

ONE THING. (That is a first for me and the grill-no little man lives in my grill)

Now that I've seen this food. It is time to cook supper. Till next time.

Yummy yummy

I got that feeling of something new. So I took some friends recipes and got Ashton in the kitchen. The first recipe we did was a Broccoli Salad that a lady at church makes.

1 head of Broccoli

1 head of Callaflower (sp)

1 Red Onion

4 Bacon slices cooked

Cheese (cubed)

Yellow Raisins

1 C Mayo (I used Mirical Whip)

1/4 Red Wine Vinager

1 C Sugar

Chop the broccoli, callaflower, onion and bacon and place in a bowl. Mix in cheese and raisins. Mix mayo, vinager and sugar together well. Mix the sause in and let cool for 1 hour. 

The next recipe I tried is Stawberry Cake Balls. The kids and Patrick LOVED them.

 

These are made with Strawberry cake and Cream Cheese icing dipped in White Almond bark. Ashton added the sprinkles.

1 box cake mix (cook as directed on box for 13 X 9 cake)

1 can frosting (16 oz.)1 package almond bark (white or chocolate)wax paper

1. After cake is cooked and cooled completely, crumble into large bowl.

2. Mix thoroughly with 1 can frosting.

3. Roll mixture into quarter size balls and lay on cookie sheet.

4. Chill for several hours.

5. Melt almond bark in microwave per directions on package.

6. Roll balls in chocolate and lay on wax paper until firm.

(Use a spoon to dip and roll in chocolate and then tap off extra.)

I also only melt a few pieces of chocolate bark at a time because it starts to cool and thicken. It’s easier to work with when it’s hot.

Tonight I'm gonna try and make Yellow Cake with Chocolate Icing. Then dip some strawberries in the leftover Almond Bark.

Now that I've looked at these treats I'm headed home to make some more.

Exfoliation station

Well our precious toddler watches every thing we do from putting our shoes on to drinking out of a big cup to washing our faces. I made a great dinner last night that consisted of Italian baked chicken, mashed potatoes, broccoli, and yeast rolls. While we were eating I noticed Kylie making faces at the pot of potatoes on the table. She would lean over say hi and wave at the pot. This went on for about 10 minutes then it got interesting. I turned away for a second and when I looked back this is what I saw.



A closer look.

I promise I do not wash my face with mashed potatoes. By the way her skin looked great this morning. Maybe I could brand a mashed potato scrub???

It is the little man

Ok so the other day I posted a blog about how my oven (not me) burns garlic bread. We had our monthly potluck at school and a teacher brought in garlic bread (I ducked my head and said I will try). I turned the oven on and did what the directions said. Now look how good it turned out.



Well I want you to know that I can cook and it is just my oven. So this 1960 style oven can make perfect bread but not my 2009 double oven can't.



It is the little man in my oven. I'm warning you WATCH OUT cause I'm coming for you!!!

Oops I did it again.

I love to cook and last night I baked a pasta dish, made a salad and proceeded to bake garlic bread. My kids always have rave comments about the menu and love to eat MOM's creations. BUT I have an "issue" with garlic bread. No matter if I wrap it in foil, toast the top half, or put in on the cookie sheet I BURN THE SNOT OUT OF IT.

I can bake cakes, pies, cornbread, biscuits and rolls. BUT if a piece of garlic bread goes in my oven it comes out BLACK!!! I think there is a little guy in my oven laughing his head off while he eats my garlic bread.

I have tried to turn the temp down, set timers (even time it 1 min at a time) or watch it the whole time. BUT the little guy takes my bread and gives me back a burnt piece.

So if you have any ideas I'm game; if not I'm going after the little guy in my oven.